{"product_id":"before-the-poison-paperback","title":"Before the Poison - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this mesmerizing story-within-a-story about a man pulled into a murder from the past--and his quest to uncover the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuietly reeling from the death of his beloved wife, Chris Lowndes decides to return to the Yorkshire Dales after twenty-five successful years spent in Hollywood composing film scores. He purchases Kilnsgate House, a charming old mansion deep in the country, but something about the place disturbs him. His unease intensifies when he learns Kilnsgate was once the scene of a sensational murder. More than fifty years earlier, prominent doctor Ernest Arthur Fox was poisoned there, allegedly by his beautiful and much younger wife, Grace, who was subsequently tried, condemned, and hanged for the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis curiosity piqued, Chris decides to investigate, and the more he discovers, the more convinced he becomes of Grace's innocence. Despite warnings to leave it be, his quest for the truth is soon leading him through dark shadows of the past . . . and into a strange web of secrets that lie perilously close to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complex, multi-layered thriller, \u003cem\u003eBefore the Poison\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Peter Robinson's most brilliant novels--and one readers won't soon forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gripping tale that brings to mind not only old-time Hollywood but also British 'golden age' storytelling in the Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier tradition.\"--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuietly reeling from the death of his beloved wife, Chris Lowndes decides to return to the Yorkshire Dales after twenty-five successful years spent in Hollywood composing film scores. 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Despite warnings to leave it\u003cbr\u003ebe, his quest for the truth is soon leading him through dark shadows of the past . . . \u003cbr\u003eand into a strange web of secrets that lie perilously close to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complex, multilayered thriller, \u003cem\u003eBefore the Poison\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Peter Robinson's most brilliant novels\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003eand one readers won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eBefore the Poison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuietly reeling from the death of his beloved wife, Chris Lowndes decides to return to the Yorkshire Dales after twenty-five successful years spent in Hollywood composing film scores. He purchases Kilnsgate House, a charming old mansion deep in the country, but something about the place disturbs him. His unease intensifies when he learns Kilnsgate was once the scene of a sensational murder. More than fifty years earlier, prominent doctor Ernest Arthur Fox was poisoned there, allegedly by his beautiful and much younger wife, Grace, who was subsequently tried, condemned, and hanged for the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis curiosity piqued, Chris decides to investigate, and the more he discovers, the more convinced he becomes of Grace's innocence. 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