The Lavender Poison

In the shadow of the 1921 Alaskan courts, a mild-mannered botanist's wife weaves a flawless tapestry of vengeance. Condemned by a legal system that sees only her porcelain mask, she plots the slow, fragrant death of her powerful husband. As Detective Inspector Alden Cross peels back layers of lavender and lies, he discovers that the deadliest poisons are born not from gain, but from the pure, corrosive fire of envy—a woman’s silent war against a world that gave her nothing but a gilded cage.