Anne R. Allen's Books

Henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger ) doesn't sound terribly dangerous, does it it? It might be something that would irritate a chicken, but ...

Thallium is especially popular with evil assassins since it is colorless, odorless, tasteless, slow acting, and its symptoms can be mista...

Abrus Precatorius  sounds like the name of a faculty member at Hogwarts, doesn't it? But it's a poisonous plant, also known as t...

Polonium-210 is a nasty murder weapon. It's a slow-acting  radioactive isotope , a dose of radiation sickness with no cure. A ...

Visine, the "get the red out" eye-soother, is popular with pranksters and poisoners alike these days. Tetrahydrozoline—the activ...

Antifreeze, (Ethylene Glycol) was the weapon of choice in some fairly recent high profile domestic murders. In earlier posts, I've c...