Of Toxic Tales and Poisoned Pens: Melding Toxicology and Creative Writing in an Undergraduate Course
Table 1
Books Selected for Review
| AUTHOR | TITLE | POISON |
|---|---|---|
| Aird, Catherine | Steady as She Goes | Antimony |
| Berkeley, Anthony | The Poisoned Chocolates Case | Nitrobenzene |
| Bradley, Alan | Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Carbon tetrachloride |
| Beaton, M.C. | A Spoonful of Poison | LSD |
| Boucher, Anthony | The Camberwell Poisoners | Cyanide |
| Christie, Agatha | 1. By the Pricking of My Thumbs | Morphine |
| 2. Crooked House | Eserine/Digitalin | |
| 3. The Pale Horse | Thallium | |
| 4. And Then there Were None | Cyanide/Chloral hydrate | |
| 5. Three Act Tragedy | Nicotine | |
| 6. Curtain | Physostigmine | |
| 7. Black Coffee | Hyoscine hydrobromide | |
| Cook, Robin | 1. Vector | Anthrax |
| 2. Coma | Succinylcholine Carbon monoxide |
|
| Doherty, Paul | The Poisoner of Ptah | Multiple |
| Frommer, Sarah | Murder in C major | TTX |
| George, Elizabeth | Missing Joseph | Water hemlock |
| Hyzy, Julia | Five Sorrowful Mysteries | Abrin |
| Meltzer, Brad | The Book of Lies | Hemlock (coniine) |
| Rosetti, Christina | Goblin Market | Food adulterants? |
| Wilde, Oscar | Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime | Aconitine |
