When poisoned chocolates spread terror through Victorian Brighton, suspicion fell on no one - until it fell on Christiana Edmunds.
Respectable, intelligent, and outwardly composed, Edmunds defied every expectation of a criminal. Her case forced Victorian England to confront uncomfortable questions about obsession, insanity, and female violence.
The Chocolate Poisoner is a gripping true crime history of a woman who reasoned carefully, acted deliberately, and was silenced for the rest of her life.
