Sweet Poison Author:David Roberts "Thoroughly enjoyable."-BooklistIt is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting an influential party at his house in the English countryside, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests, General Sir Alistair Craig VC, dies from drinking a glass of poisoned port just as latecomers... more » Lord Edward Corinth and journalist Verity Browne arrive on the scene. The unlikely pair-the young son of a duke and a journalist committed to the Communist Party-find common ground as they seek the truth behind the general's murder.« less