BELOVED POISON
Book ID/图书代码： 03275016B89261
English Summary/英文概要： The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark rust-coloured stains. It smelt of time and decay, sour, like old books and parchments. The light from the chapel’s stained glass window blushed red upon it, and upon my hands, as if the thing itself radiated a bloody glow.
Ramshackle and crumbling, trapped in the past and resisting the future, St Saviour’s Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy. Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.
And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary’s old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences.
In a trail that leads from the bloody world of the operating theatre and the dissecting table to the notorious squalor of Newgate and the gallows, Jem’s adversary proves to be both powerful and ruthless. As St Saviour’s destruction draws near, the dead are unearthed from their graves whilst the living are forced to make impossible choices. And murder is the price to be paid for the secrets to be kept.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： St Saviour的诊所就要被拆了。摇摇欲坠的建筑被困在过去，无法抗衡未来的光临。臭气熏天的病房和局促的走廊里，医生们互相斗嘴，互相打击。职业性的礼貌之下是野心，嫉妒和仇恨。药剂师Jem Flockhart在这里好像一个局外人一般，她也有自己的秘密需要隐藏。她观察周围的一切，但从不发言。
然后六具小棺材被发现了，每具棺材里面有一把干花和一个碎布包。Jem在诊所的老教堂里发现了这些奇怪的遗物，当她开始努力挖掘它们背后的意义时，一段被遗忘很久的过去浮出水面，并带来了致命的后果。
从手术室到解剖台，从新门监狱到臭名昭著的绞刑犯，肮脏而血腥的世界中串出一些线索，但Jem的对手是强大又心狠的。随着诊所就快要被拆掉，已死的人从坟墓中走出来，而活着的人被迫作出不可能的选择。杀人就是维持秘密的代价。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：本书是了不起的、生动的，主角是深思熟虑的产物，引人入胜。故事本身也是很有吸引力的，展现出的黑暗力量是细心琢磨和研究的结果。Elaine Thomson的描述能力是如此出众，当我最终读完本书时，眼前出现的不仅是肮脏的诊所，更有二十一世纪的伦敦。（Janet Ellis，著有《The Butcher’s Hook》）
Beloved Poison is a marvellous, vivid book with a thoughtful, engaging protagonist at its centre - and a fascinating story to tell. It’s immaculately researched and breathtakingly dark. Elaine Thomson’s descriptive powers are so great that that I was surprised to see twenty-first century London rather than grimy, smelly St Saviour’s around me when I - eventually - looked up from its pages (Janet Ellis, author of The Butcher’s Hook)
About the Author/作者介绍： 本书是了不起的、生动的，主角是深思熟虑的产物，引人入胜。故事本身也是很有吸引力的，展现出的黑暗力量是细心琢磨和研究的结果。Elaine Thomson的描述能力是如此出众，当我最终读完本书时，眼前出现的不仅是肮脏的诊所，更有二十一世纪的伦敦。（Janet Ellis，著有《The Butcher’s Hook》）
E. S. Thomson was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire. She has a PhD in the history of medicine and works as a university lecturer in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award and the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award. Elaine lives in Edinburgh with her two sons.
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