A Detective at Death's Door: A Mystery (Harriet Martens Mysteries)

Recovering from her near-death experience following an attack by a would-be poisoner, Harriet Martens soon discovers that she may be forced to draw out the killer when her attacker goes on a rampage involving a series of seemingly indiscriminate, lethal assaults on unsuspecting victims. 10,000 first printing. Harriet Martens finds herself placed in grave danger at the hands of a deft and cunning poisoner. Whilst relaxing with her husband at the Majestic pool, Harriet does not expect the refreshing glass of Campari soda at her side to conceal a deadly drug. When she awakes from a doze she is no longer by the water, but in a hospital bed recovering from a near fatal dose of Aconitine. As Harriet makes her slow recovery, she tries to come to terms with the terrible fact that someone wanted to kill her "If detective Harriet Martens's husband John hadn't been reading an Agatha Christie classic while the detective herself was sunning by the side of the club pool, she would have been dead before this story began. Unbeknownst to either of them, a killer had dropped a highly lethal addition into Harriet's cold drink. Struck by surprise to see the very symptoms of poisoning he'd been reading about, John was able to act - immediately!"