If you need to research some clever poisons for your next murder mystery, you could do worse than start your search for candidates here. It's a quick and readable introduction to the wide world of dangerous plants, with the fun and exciting (well, if you share some of my gallows humor) basics on the major ones plus the relatives of these dangerous plants.
But that's not all this book offers. It's not just clever murder methods. It's also the stuff won't kill you (probably), but will make you sick and very uncomfortable. It's the stuff it would never occur to you to eat, but might kill your animals.
It's the stuff you probably don't want to plant in your garden, especially if you have allergies, or care about people who do.
It's the invasive plants that are choking waterways.
It's the nasty stuff that global warming will help invade areas currently free of it.
It's those fascinating carnivorous plants.
Did I mention it's a lot of fun?
Recommended.
I bought this audiobook.
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