Poisonous Plants - hosted by beersbooksandbooos

Belladonna
 This perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae is as deadly as its reputation. Moreover, you probably have read crime novels or seen CSI TV shows related to belladonna poisoning. According to the USDA Forest Service, belladonna means “beautiful woman” in Italian, but you knew that probably. Here are other interesting facts about this poisonous flower!

A book with a poisoning or a Agatha Christie book
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

264 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Stalking Jack the Ripper #1

Kerri Maniscalco

337 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror mystery young adult dark mysterious medium-paced
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Substances and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Substances and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

628 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Poison Study

Poison Study #1

Maria V. Snyder

409 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Agatha Christie

304 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller

The Bone Orchard

Sara A. Mueller

418 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

310 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Wicked King

The Folk of the Air #2

Holly Black

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Miss Marple, Das Rätsel der Tänzerin by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple, Das Rätsel der Tänzerin
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Agatha Christie

Miss Marple, Das Rätsel der Tänzerin

Agatha Christie

213 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)