Murder at Lowry House (Hazel Martin Mysteries #1)

by Leighann Dobbs

beat the mixture in a yellow stoneware bowl. Alice scrunched her face. “Well, now that you mention it, madam, it does have a bitter aftertaste, don’ it?” “Technically, the arsenic itself is neutral, but it can change the flavor of the food. Most people say it creates a metallic taste.” Hazel rifled through one of the two notebooks which lay open on the scuffed pine table in front of her. As a novelist, Hazel kept copious notes on various methods of murder, and poisoning was her favorite. She found the page on arsenic and verified her statement then tapped her green celluloid fountain pen on the other