Before the Poison A Novel
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson is a novel published by HarperCollins on February 21, 2012. This first edition spans 368 pages and is written in English. The story follows Chris Lowndes, a film score composer who returns to the Yorkshire dales after twenty-five years abroad, still grappling with the loss of his wife. He purchases Kilnsgate House, an old mansion that intrigues him but also evokes a sense of unease, particularly when he learns of its dark history involving a murder that occurred over fifty years ago.
As Chris delves into the past, he becomes increasingly drawn to the case of Grace, the former owner accused of poisoning her husband, Dr. Ernest Arthur Fox. His investigation leads him to engage with locals and explore archives, revealing layers of mystery surrounding the trial and the events that transpired. The narrative unfolds as Chris’s quest for truth takes him deeper into a web of secrets that intertwine with his own life, exploring themes of memory and the impact of the past on the present.
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Chris Lowndes built a comfortable career composing scores for films in Hollywood. But after twenty-five years abroad, and still quietly reeling from the death of his beloved wife, he decides to return to the Yorkshire dales of his youth. To ease the move, he buys Kilnsgate House, a rambling old mansion deep in the country.
Although Chris finds Kilnsgate charming, something about the house disturbs him, a vague sensation that the long-empty rooms have been waiting for him—feelings made ever stronger when he learns that the house was the scene of a murder more than fifty years before. The former owner, a prominent doctor named Ernest Arthur Fox, was supposedly poisoned by his beautiful and much younger wife, Grace. Arrested and brought to trial, Grace was found guilty and hanged for the crime.
His curiosity piqued, Chris talks to the locals and searches through archives for information about the case. But the more he discovers, the more convinced he becomes that Grace may have been innocent. Ignoring warnings to leave it alone, he sets out to discover what really happened over half a century ago—a quest that takes him deep into the past and into a web of secrets that lie all too close to the present.
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