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A underground pharmaceutical shop in the bowels of eighteenth-century London caters to a unique type of clientele. Women all across town talk about Nella, a mysterious lady who offers well-hidden poisons to use against the oppressive men in their life. But the apothecary's fate is compromised when her newest client, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a grave error, triggering a chain of events that will reverberate throughout the centuries.In the meantime, in modern-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, fleeing her own demons.