Love and Other Poisons

<B>'A fascinating, forensic deep-dive' DENISE MINA</B><BR/><BR/><B>'Beautifully written, richly evoked and utterly gripping' EVA DOLAN<BR/><BR/> 'A seductive tale of sex and death' SARA SHERIDAN<BR/><BR/><BR/> ***<BR/><BR/> 1857, Glasgow.</B><BR/> Madeleine Smith, a young socialite, is on trial for murdering her lover. The scandal shocks the world, with intimate letters published in newspapers. The jury can't decide - delivering a rare 'Not Proven' verdict. Madeleine walks free.<BR/><BR/><B>1927, New York.</B><BR/> Hollywood scout Harry Townsend believes he's found Madeleine, now an elusive widow living under a new name. Once a dazzling figure in bohemian London, she vanished in 1890.<BR/><BR/><B>Could this quiet woman really be the infamous Madeleine Smith?</B><BR/><B>She holds one last secret. Will Harry convince her to share it?</B><BR/><BR/> ***<BR/><BR/> More praise for Lesley McDowell:<BR/> 'Riveting - a clever portrait of a fascinating, flawed heroine.' <B><I>THE TIMES</I></B><BR/> 'An intimate and enlightening tale of one of Romanticism's forsaken muses.' <B>SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN</B><BR/> 'An absorbing, intoxicating page-turner about a woman who deserves to be remembered.' <B>JENNIFER SAINT</B><BR/> 'A must-read. McDowell brings to vivid, embodied life; a flirtatious, flawed woman fighting for her place in a man's world.' <B><I>THE HERALD</I></B><BR/>  <BR/>