Widow Rosalind Bannister had a new gentleman friend. But her teenage son was not as fond of Bernard Goodwin as she was. In fact, he thought the herbal expert was a dangerous man--and Goodwin's wife agreed. She believed he planned to poison her. Still, straitlaced Rosalind insisted the entanglement couldn't harm anything but her reputation...until toxic plants were stolen from Bernard's refrigerator. And her son started acting strange. A murderous brew was about to boil over...
This is a top notch thriller by a master of the art in the same vein as P.D. James and Dorothy Davis. From the jacket: "Widow Rosalind Bannister had a new gentlemen friend. but her teenage son was not as fond of Bernard Woodwin as she was. In fact, he thought the heerbal expert was a dangerous man - and Goodwin's wife agreed. She believed he planned to poison her. Still straitlaced Rosalind insisted the entanglement couldn't harm anything but her reputation .. until toxic plants were stolen from Bernard's refrigerator. And her son started acting strange. A murderous brew was about to boil over ..."
