{"product_id":"belladonna-bitter-conduct-a-mystery-voyage-from-new-york-to-italy-1935-dr-josephine-plantae-paradoxes","title":"BELLADONNA Bitter Conduct: A Mystery Voyage from New York to Italy 1935 (Dr. Josephine Plantae Paradoxes)","description":"A New Riveting Historical Mystery-Romance Series!\n“In the latest of L.M. Jorden's delightful and politically astute madcap romps, the brilliant Dr. Josephine Reva and friends spy on fascists, romance blossoms and the poisonous plant Belladonna takes center stage.” ARC Review\n“L.M. Jorden has done it again… Humor abounds. At the same time, dark undercurrents of the social and political situation in 1935 are recognized. The combination is successful.\" - Richard Nochimson, author of Final Plans\nBELLADONNA, Bitter Conduct - Inspired by a True Story\nAn Italian opera star spouts strange verses and collapses on a Brooklyn stage during the final act of Romeo and Juliet. Dr. Josephine Reva is in the audience and rushes to render aid.\nShe suspects the soprano was poisoned by Belladonna, a plant with deadly black berries. But her botanical expertise tells her there's something more.\nMeanwhile, Chief Detective O’Malley uncovers fascist plots to overthrow the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Are the two events connected, and could they spark another World War?\n\nJosephine must use her brilliant powers of deduction to solve this paradoxical puzzle.\nShe heads up the gangway of the luxurious SS Rex to follow the opera troupe to Italy. With her are Maria and Antonio, her loyal patients, Dominick, her brawny chauffeur (aboard on a secret mission), and a handsome would-be paramour. Is romance on the horizon for Josephine, if she can survive the trip?\nWho’s the killer aboard? A surreal artist and a shocking fashion designer, a cardinal and a priest carrying the relics of the first American saint, a Nazi doctor, an austere British lord, a mysterious Mussolini official, or any of the narcissistic opera divas and dons?\n\nJosephine and her friends must hurry to solve these Belladonna crimes with deeper roots, before the ship docks in Fascist Italy and it’s too late.\nThe Dr. Josephine Plantæ Paradoxes\nAconite, Queen of Poisons - a Roaring 20’s Murder Mystery\nBelladonna, Bitter Conduct - a 1935 Mystery Voyage\nCinchona, Coney Island Bones - a 1941 Mystery\nDigitalis, Garden of Death\nGelsemium, Memoir of a First Woman Doctor\nHelleborus, Death on the Hudson\nFollow along as Dr. Josephine solves poison paradoxes in this riveting new series.\nSee Author’s webpage: www.lmjorden.com\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0983810133\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0983810133.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jorden, L.M.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707962855485,"sku":"BVV.0983810133.VG","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0983810133-0.jpg?v=1762809893","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/belladonna-bitter-conduct-a-mystery-voyage-from-new-york-to-italy-1935-dr-josephine-plantae-paradoxes","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}