The Lost Apothecary meets Dead Dead Girls in this fast-paced, STEMinist adventure. Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleagues&rsquo; beliefs about women&rsquo;s academic&nbsp;inabilities and not so subtle hints that her deceased father&rsquo;s reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn. &nbsp; When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn&rsquo;t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors&rsquo; wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.&nbsp; Dr. Maxwell, Saffron&rsquo;s mentor, is the main suspect and evidence...

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