A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie is a book by Kathryn Harkup, published in 2015.

The book describes fourteen different poisons, and the novels wherein Agatha Christie used them as a plot device.

Contents

 * Dame Agatha’s Deadly Dispensary


 * A is for Arsenic - Murder is Easy
 * B is for Belladonna - The Labours of Hercules
 * C is for Cyanide - Sparkling Cyanide
 * D is for Digitalis - Appointment with Death
 * E is for Eserine - Crooked House
 * H is for Hemlock - Five Little Pigs
 * M is for Monkshood - 4.50 from Paddington
 * N is for Nicotine - Three Act Tragedy
 * O is for Opium - Sad Cypress
 * P is for Phosphorus - Dumb Witness
 * R is for Ricin - Partners in Crime
 * S is for Strychnine - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
 * T is for Thallium - The Pale Horse
 * V is for Veronal - Lord Edgware Dies


 * Appendix I - Christie’s Causes of Death
 * Appendix II - Structures of some of the chemicals in this book
 * Selected Bibliography
 * Acknowledements
 * Index

Audiobook
The audiobook is narrated by Beth Chalmers.