Jill Johnsonová
autor
Bella Donna
From the bestselling author of BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick, Devil's Breath, comes the latest gripping instalment in Jill Johnson's Professor Eustacia Rose Mysteries.
SECRETS ARE THE DEADLIEST POISON
Eustacia Rose is done with murder cases. She's ready to settle down with her partner, Matilde, and focus on her work at the university. To live a normal life.
But then along comes a case she can't resist investigating - because this time, the murder victim was poisoned with hemlock, one of the plants stolen from Eustacia's illicit garden of poisonous plants. And Eustacia is not the only one desperate to retrieve her lost treasure: the beguiling trader of rare plants, Zsa Zsa, and rival university professor Hutchins are on the trail, too, not to mention the dangerous criminal gang determined to keep hold of the lethal plants.
The stakes are higher than ever for Eustacia. Because if she cannot save her plants in time, there will be more deaths - and this time, the blood will be on her hands . . .
With a quirky protagonist, dark academia aesthetic and an array of exotic poisonous plants, this unique spin on the classic murder mystery novel will hook fans Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Robert Thorogood's The Marlow Murder Club and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club.
Hell's Bells
From the bestselling author of Devil's Breath, Jill Johnson is back with another gripping Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery...
Betrayal is a bitter poison . . .
After a nerve-racking investigation, Professor Eustacia Rose's life is returning to normal. She is finally back teaching at UCL and her relationship with Matilde is blossoming. But when a man is found dead with a needle in his neck, and a disturbing painting of Eustacia links her and the body, her fragile peace suddenly begins to crumble.
At work, there's another threat for Eustacia to deal with. A PhD student is desperate to get access to her poisonous plant collection and begins to stalk her. When she refuses to help him, he starts buying illegal synthetic plant toxins from an unknown source then turns up dead. Once again, Eustacia is the link.
With no leads and the body count rising, Eustacia, now firmly in the frame, is left with no choice but to investigate the deaths in earnest herself, however dangerous it may become.
With a quirky protagonist, dark academia aesthetic and an array of exotic poisonous plants, this unique spin on the classic murder mystery novel will hook fans Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club.
Devil's Breath
I've always been better with plants than people . . .
Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical Toxicology who lives alone in London with only her extensive collection of poisonous plants for company. She tends to her garden with meticulous care. Her life is quiet. Her schedule never changes. Until the day she hears a scream and the temptation to investigate proves irresistible.
Through her telescope, Professor Rose is drawn into the life of an extraordinarily beautiful neighbour, Simone, and nicknames the men who visit her after poisonous plants according to the toxic effect they have on Simone. But who are these four men? And why does Eustacia Rose recognise one of them?
Just as she preserves her secret garden, she feels inexplicably compelled to protect her neighbour, but Eustacia soon finds herself entangled in a far more complicated web than she could ever have imagined. When her precious garden is vandalised and someone close to Simone is murdered with a toxin derived from a rare poisonous plant, Eustacia becomes implicated in the crime.
After all, no one knows toxic plants like she does . . .
Květy smrti
Pronikavý výkřik v poklidné londýnské ulici naruší tiché sobotní odpoledne a spustí sérii událostí, které hluboce ovlivní život jedné náhodné přihlížející.
Eustacia Roseová je profesorkou botanické toxikologie. Doma se s úzkostlivou pečlivostí stará o rozsáhlou soukromou sbírku jedovatých rostlin. Každý den se řídí přísnou a neměnnou rutinou, kdy pečuje o své rostliny, protože v případě sebemenší neopatrnosti jí hrozí reálné riziko smrti.
Eustacia žije sama a každý den připomíná ten minulý. Až do chvíle, kdy z protějšího domu uslyší výkřik a neodolá pokušení zjistit, co se stalo.
Prostřednictvím svého dalekohledu je vtažena do života mimořádně krásné ženy. Brzy zjistí, že se okolo ní pravidelně objevuje několik mužů a postupem času začne tyto muže studovat a vést si záznamy o jejich návštěvách. Počíná si přitom s vědeckou přesností. Každému z nich přidělí přezdívku podle rostliny, jejíž jed má stejný toxický účinek, jaký mají oni na mladou ženu. A postupně si začíná uvědomovat, že je její povinností ji před těmito muži chránit – stejně jako by chránila vzácnou rostlinu ve své sbírce.
Když ale posléze dojde k vraždě, jež má se životem mladé ženy přímou spojitost, a navíc se ukáže, že vražednou zbraní byl jed exotické rostliny, Eustacia se stává podezřelou ze zločinu, který nespáchala.
Aby však dokázala svou nevinu, musí se nejprve vypořádat s démony své vlastní minulosti.
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