THE LOST APOTHECARY - BOOK BY SARAH PENNER ...Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2021), Nominee for Best Debut Novel (2021) A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them - setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course. Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman. Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register. One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose - selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives.... First edition hardcover. New. Jacket may have minor shelf wear. #historicalfiction #mystery #fantasy #thriller #literaryfiction