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A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
New · Nonfiction, Science, True Crime

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

by Neil Bradbury
2022 · 304 pages · Nonfiction
36 New ★ 4.12 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2022). 4.12★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.

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36Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers49 out of 100 · counts 50%+27
  • Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5

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Gripping, True story, Dark

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