Lost Apothecary, The

In eighteenthcentury London women across the city whisper of a hidden apothecary shop and it s mysterious owner Nella who sells welldisguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives Nella s dark world is no place for her newest patron a precocious twelveyearold girl named Eliza Fanning but their unexpected bond sparks a string of consequences that echoes through the centuries Two hundred years later aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell is running from her own demons when she discovers a clue to London s longunsolved apothecary murders Caroline s upended present soon collides with an explosive history binding her fate to Nella s and Eliza s in a stunning twist that transcends the barrier of time