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Strong Poison

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Chapter I
40:12
Chapter II
20:38
Chapter III
14:23
Chapter IV
22:53
Chapter V
19:16
Chapter VI
20:41
Chapter VII
13:25
Chapter VIII
37:48
Chapter IX
15:47
Chapter X
29:21
Chapter XI
15:24
Chapter XII
18:44
Chapter XIII
28:35
Chapter XIV
20:05
Chapter XV
14:39
Chapter XVI
33:00
Chapter XVII
18:11
Chapter XVIII
27:27
Chapter XIX
10:02
Chapter XX
36:47
Chapter XXI
7:49
Chapter XXII
17:58
Chapter XXIII
6:02

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Strong Poison was published in 1930 and is one of the most important books in the Sayers canon, not because the puzzle is her best but because it introduces Harriet Vane. The setup is unforgettable. Harriet Vane, a young mystery novelist who lived for several years with a writer named Philip Boyes, is on trial for his murder by arsenic poisoning. The evidence against her is overwhelming. Peter, who has never met her, sees her in the dock and falls in love.

The rest of the book is essentially Peter's race against the second jury panel (the first trial ended in a hung jury) to find the actual killer. The investigation involves the unusual properties of arsenic, the wills and inheritance of a deceased lawyer, and the social structure of a small literary set in 1920s London. Miss Climpson is dispatched undercover to a sleepy provincial town to get the evidence Peter needs. The eventual solution is clever rather than profound. The real importance of the book is what it sets up. Harriet Vane will refuse Peter's proposals across the next several novels before finally accepting him in Gaudy Night.