乔治·乔纳斯（George Jonas，1935— ），出生于匈牙利布达佩斯的一个犹太知识分子家庭，1956年匈牙利革命期间移民加拿大。作为作家和记者，他出版过3部纪实类的全球畅销书，并获得过“爱伦·坡奖”的最佳罪案实录奖和“加拿大作家奖”，批评家称他为“加拿大最好的英语写作者之一”和“加拿大最好的作家之一”。

Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements--arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium--describing their lethal chemical properties a...(展开全部)

This book is about elements that kill. Mercury, arsenic, antimony, lead, and thallium can be lethal, as many a poisoner knew too well. Emsley explores the gruesome history of these elements and those who have succumbed to them in a fascinating narrative that weaves together stories of true crime, enduring historical mysteries, tragic accidents, and the science behind it all. Th...(展开全部)

Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley offers a fascinating account of five of the most toxic elements--arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium--describing their lethal chemical properties a...(展开全部)

This book is about elements that kill. Mercury, arsenic, antimony, lead, and thallium can be lethal, as many a poisoner knew too well. Emsley explores the gruesome history of these elements and those who have succumbed to them in a fascinating narrative that weaves together stories of true crime, enduring historical mysteries, tragic accidents, and the science behind it all. Th...(展开全部)

伊恩•凯丽（Erin Kelly）1976年生于伦敦，毕业于沃里克大学英文专业。从事自由撰稿记者十余年，写作题材多涉及女性、健康，两性关系及生活方式等方面。曾在多家刊物上定期发表文章，如：《每日邮报》（The Daily Mail）、心理（Psychologies）、《星期日泰晤士报》（The Sunday Times），女性时尚杂志Elle、嘉丽（Marie Claire）、英国Glamour杂志、镜报（The Mirror）等。另外，凯丽通过笔名还著有十六本探讨两性关系的非虚构类作品，以及六本成人小说。

"A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of Du Maurier's "Rebecca." I wish I had written it." -Stephen King With its hip London backdrop and expert pacing, Erin Kelly's masterful debut, "The Poison Tree," delivers all the way through to its shocker of an ending. London, 1997. Karen meets exotic, flamboyant Biba and, spellbound, she moves into the crumbling mansion Biba share...(展开全部)

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a straight-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world -- but something terrible is about to happen, and someone's going to end up dead. Already drawing com...(展开全部)

From an incredible new voice in psychological suspense, a novel about the secrets that remain after a final bohemian summer of excess turns deadly. This taut psychological thriller begins when Karen and her nine-year- old daughter, Alice, pick up Rex from a ten-year stint in prison for murder. Flash back to the sultry summer in 1990s London when Karen, a straight-A student...(展开全部)

Poisoning is the dark art as old as human history itself. Chronologically recounting the story of history's silent assassin, Poison 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 h...(展开全部)