{"product_id":"hemlock-9781952558146","title":"Hemlock","description":"From Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Plain Vanilla Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a tightly crafted novel that juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare, remarkably illustrated 18th-century herbal with the true and all-too-human story of its gifted creator, Elizabeth Blackwell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Herbalist China Bayles' latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the Hemlock House Library, a priceless collection of rare gardening books housed in a haunted mountainside mansion that once belonged to Sunny Carswell, a reclusive heiress. But the most valuable book--\u003ci\u003eA Curious Herbal\u003c\/i\u003e, created by Elizabeth Blackwell in the 1730s--is missing and Dorothea is under suspicion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e China's search for the thief takes on a new urgency when she discovers Miss Carswell's bookseller, the victim of an attempted murder. Is his shooting connected with the theft? And there are other urgent questions: What is the Hemlock Guild? Who owns Socrates.com? Did Sunny Carswell really kill herself, or does her ghost have a different story to tell? And what is the real truth behind the many tantalizing mysteries of \u003ci\u003eA Curious Herbal\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hemlock is a compelling mix of mystery and herb lore, past secrets and present sins, and characters who are as real as your friends and neighbors--in an absorbing novel that only Susan Wittig Albert could create.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Persevero Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952558146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.14w x 1.18d","brand":"Susan Wittig Albert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600319709365,"sku":"9781952558146","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_969d6892-b376-42e2-81de-530feb637942.jpg?v=1707207446","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hemlock-9781952558146","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}