4 stars

An interesting read. The heroine Saffron wants to solve a mystery about her mentor. He has been accused of poisoning a colleague's wife. Saffron was at the party so could see how the poison worked. She meets another researcher and they become friends. There's a restrained relationship building between Saffron and Alex and I wonder if the author hopes to add other books.
I found it incredible that Saffron would experiment on herself with a concoction of a suspected poison and the searching of offices and gardens for evidence was a bit over the top but on the whole I enjoyed the book and would be interested to read a sequel. Does the romance with Alex continue? Is Saffron able to progress in her career

Loved the cover!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A fun and interesting read about murder and botany. It’s an extremely well written novel with great historic detail. The story itself has some twists and turns and clues spread throughout the chapters. It certainly kept me interested and wanting to read more. A very nice mystery novel that I highly recommend!!

First of all, thank you to the publisher for approving my request, seeing as I still have a long list of to be read ARCs!

This has been a really interesting read, it got my attention from the get-go. I like the characters, even the unsavory ones. The relationship between Saffron and Alexander is endearing without being cheesy. I'd really like to know more about the era that they live in. I do hope this would be the first in a long series. Because I'll be looking forward to the second book!

London in the roaring 20’s has research assistant Saffron Everleigh attending a party at the University College of London. Amidst talk about the latest botanical discoveries and the cures being made from them, one of the professor’s wives, falls down, dead from a mysterious poison. As authorities look for a likely suspect, fingers are pointed at Dr. Maxwell, who was overheard having a heated argument with the dead woman’s husband shortly before she was killed. Saffron, who has been looking forward to a plant harvesting adventure in the jungle with Maxwell, her mentor, realizes that she must find the real culprit before her once in a lifetime adventure goes up in smoke. What a fun, adventurous romp through the golden age of botany! Loved it