The Apothecary's Demise

by Anne Sloan

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0970632517
• ISBN13: 9780970632517
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Anne Sloan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thoroughly enjoyable local historical mystery

As a Houston resident, I chose this book because I am interested in fiction set in my home city. However, this one is like no other. The Apothecary's Demise foregoes guts and gore for an off-beat historical setting. Set in pre-suffrage Houston, Sloan does a fine job of bringing old Southern Houston alive, warts and all. Her heroine is a white suffragette who's earnest struggle for the truth can get a little grating (but only a little) as she helps out the young relative of her black housekeeper. Sloan's glimpses into historic Houston -- particularly the Heights neighborhood -- as well as the cast of turn-of-the-century American characters keep the reader interested. Really pleasant gentle read without the sap.