Poison Jørn Lier Penguin Books FHX|FYT|FBA|FFL|FFP Paperback 2021 But there's no waking up

But there's no waking up from this

Some places are cursed

Politicians are furious

Could this have links to the murder of a young woman ten years previously out on the Westfjords

Poison Jørn Lier Penguin Books FHX|FYT|FBA|FFL|FFP Paperback 2021 But there's no waking upChronologically recounting the story of history's silent assassin, this book documents the gripping tales of the users and victims of these mysterious substances, from Cleopatra, the Borgias and Qin Shi Huang to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists. Profiles of the most commonly used toxins of each era reveal how the power hungry, the dangerous and the desperate have harnessed these natural killers to achieve their ends.