She had the motive. She had the means. And the jury is ready to hang her.

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for her life. The charge: poisoning her former lover with arsenic. The evidence is damning, the public has already decided, and the verdict looks like a formality.

There's just one problem. Lord Peter Wimsey — gentleman, amateur sleuth, and the most eligible bachelor in England — has taken one look at Harriet in the dock and fallen completely, hopelessly in love. He's certain she's innocent. And he has exactly one month, until the next trial, to prove it.

With the clock running and the gallows waiting, Peter sets his unforgettable network loose on the case: his unflappable manservant Bunter, the indomitable spinster-sleuth Miss Climpson, and a cast of operatives who'll bluff, charm, and burgle their way to the truth. But the closer Peter gets, the more impossible the crime appears. If Harriet didn't do it, then how was the poison delivered, and who wanted the victim dead?

Witty, elegant, and irresistibly clever, Strong Poison introduces Harriet Vane, the great love of Lord Peter's life, and ranks among the most beloved entries in golden-age detective fiction. A classic whodunit of brains over brawn, where the real thrill is watching a brilliant mind crack an impossible case.

A timeless mystery, now ready to be heard.