BELLADONNA, Bitter Conduct

L. M. Jorden

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Follow the adventures of the trailblazing Dr. Josephine Reva, a first woman homeopathic doctor, when she moonlights as an amateur sleuth to solve "poison cure" murders.

BELLADONNA, Bitter Conduct

An Italian soprano spouts strange verses and collapses on stage during the final act of Romeo and Juliet. Dr. Josephine Reva is in the audience and rushes to render aid. She suspects the diva was poisoned by Belladonna, a plant with deadly black berries, but her botanical expertise tells her there's something more.

Meanwhile, Chief Detective John O'Malley uncovers fascist plots to oust President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Are the two events connected? Josephine decides to follow the opera troupe to spy.

She heads up the gangway of the SS Rex, an Italian luxury ocean liner. With her are her opera singing patients. Also along is a handsome paramour - is romance on the horizon for Josephine, if she can survive the trip?

Suspects abound: a surreal artist and shocking fashionista, a cardinal and priest carrying the relics of a saint, a mysterious Mussolini official, a Nazi doctor, a British lord, and the narcissistic opera divas and dons.

Soon more murders bring the danger of an impending war closer. Josephine and her friends must hurry to solve these Belladonna crimes with deeper roots, before the ship docks in Fascist Italy and it's too late.

Book Details

Publisher: Solis Mundi
Publish Date: Mar 1st, 2023
Pages: 234
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.53in - 0.66lb
EAN: 9780983810131
Categories: • General• General

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Praise for BELLADONNA Bitter Conduct

"In the latest of L.M. Jorden's delightful and politically astute madcap romps, the brilliant Dr. Josephine Reva and friends spy on fascists, and the poisonous plant Belladonna takes center stage." - ARC review

"L.M. Jorden has done it again... Humor abounds. At the same time, dark undercurrents of the social and political situation in 1935 are recognized. The combination is successful. And we can look forward to more opportunities to appreciate the amateur sleuthing of Dr. Josephine Reva." - Richard Nochimson, author of Huidekoper Cat and Other Stories.

"A full cast of quirky but dangerous characters leap off the page in this historical mystery full of witty dialogue and rich details."

"Dr. Josephine is smart and feisty, and her loyal patients and friends are delightful!"

"Truly a History-Mystery! Plenty of wit, intrigue, romance, the battles for democracy and between the sexes."

"Non-stop action in this historical mystery, where Brooklyn's stellar Dr. Josephine and her opera loving patients track a killer on the high seas, hoping to prevent WWII."

"A boatload of intrigue with a quirky cast of characters aboard a luxury Trans-Atlantic cruise and in frightening 1935 Fascist Italy."