The Poison Book

How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points.

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My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book ⁠V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death⁠ is available now.

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Books mentioned in this episode:
— A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
— The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley
— Family Matters by Anthony Rolls

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