INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek Good Housekeeping Hello magazine Oprah.com Bustle Popsugar Betches Sweet July and GoodReads March 2021 Indie Next Pick and 1 LibraryReads Pick A bold edgy accomplished debut Kate Quinn New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary... Hidden in the depths of eighteenthcentury London a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells welldisguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecarys fate is jeopardized when her newest patron a precocious twelveyearold makes a fatal mistake sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile in presentday London aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago her life collides with the apothecarys in a stunning twist of fateand not everyone will survive. With crackling suspense unforgettable characters and searing insight The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. show more