Helll’s Bells

Eustacia Rose's life is beginning to return to she is back teaching at UCL and her relationship with Matilde is blossoming. But when a man is found dead with a needle in his neck, that fragile peace begins to crumble. Sebastian, an artist acquaintance of Eustacia's, seems particularly sinister; at one of his exhibitions, Eustacia discovers a painting of herself stabbed with a syringe. Sebastian's wife - rich, American and heavily pregnant - also seems to know more about the killing than she's letting on. The threat around Eustacia only increases as a PhD student begins to stalk and harass her to gain access to her poisonous plant collection. After Eustacia continually refuses, he contacts a lab that is illegally selling synthetic plant toxins, but turns up dead shortly after. As the body count rises, Eustacia has no choice but to investigate the deaths in earnest. But murders aren't the only thing on her interactions with a new detective have caused tension with Matilde that Eustacia has no idea how to resolve. What's more, run-ins with a mysterious white-haired women are making her recall long-buried memories. Eustacia must solve the mysteries of her past and this case if she wants to escape from this toxic situation unscathed.