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Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. When her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, the consequences echo through the centuries to present-day London, where aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell stumbles on a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders.