A Methodist minister, a mysterious Frenchwoman, a solicitor, a brace of housekeepers, and a recently discharged soldier: what links them? Being accused of murder by poison. Poisoning represents the ultimate domestic murder. Many alleged crimes - the death of Edwin Bartlett, the fate of Mabel Greenwood - remain notorious to this day. Others, such as the mysterious case of James Gilpin and his apparently tragic taste for cheese, and the curious fate...