The Poison of Envy

In the fictional nation of Valdoria, Elena Voss is the picture of docile grace. Trapped in a brutal marriage to a powerful jurist, she discovers that the law will not protect her. Consumed by a corrosive jealousy that seeks not gain but absolute ruin, she adopts the mask of the devoted wife to execute a perfect poisoning. This literary psychological thriller, steeped in the introspective style of William Styron, charts a woman's descent into the abyss where the most destructive sin devours both the hated and the hater.