TY - BOOK AU - Penner, Sarah, TI - The lost apothecary SN - 9780778311973 AV - PS3616.E5563 L67 2022 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Toronto, Ontario, Canada : PB - Park Row Books, KW - Pharmacists KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Secrecy KW - London (England) KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - fast KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes recipes and reader's guide N2 - "In eighteenth-century London, women across the city whisper of a hidden apothecary shop and it's mysterious owner, Nella. who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Nella's dark world is no place for her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old girl named Eliza Fanning, but their unexpected bond sparks a string of consequences that echoes through the centuries. Two hundred years later, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell is running from her own demons when she discovers a clue to London's long-unsolved "apothecary murders." Caroline's upended present soon collides with an explosive history, binding her fate to Nella's and Eliza's in a stunning twist that transcends the barrier of time."-- ER -