The Blackheath Poisonings A Victorian Murder Mystery By Julian Symons

1979 Hardcover, , 1st Edition

Harper & Row

Very Good Condition

Mystery Novel

The Blackheath Poisonings is a 1978 historical mystery novel by Julian Symons, set in the late Victorian era in the wealthy London suburb of Blackheath, focusing on two intertwined families, the Collards and Vandervents, who live in adjacent houses and are plagued by a series of mysterious deaths from poisoning, investigated by the young Paul Vandervent. The book explores the dark secrets, blackmail, and adultery hidden beneath the surface of their seemingly respectable lives, and it was adapted into a British television series in 1992