Product Description

Headline: Discover Deadly Doses to Kill Off Characters

The readers of your crime and mystery stories should be trying to figure out "whodunit"--not wondering why your facts don't make sense. If you want to kill off characters with something poisonous, you need to know how a villain would gain access to such a poison, how it would be administered, and what the effects on the victim would be. Book of Poisons can help you figure out all of the details of proper poisoning.

Book of Poisons catalogs the classic poisons, household poisons, poisonous animals and plants, poisons used in wars, and more. With information on toxicity, reaction time, effects and symptoms, and antidotes and treatments, you'll know exactly what your villain needs to succeed and exactly what could foil his plans.

Not only does this book contain the information you need, it also makes it easy for you to find. With alphabetical organization and appendices that cross-reference by symptoms, form, administration, and other methods, you'll be able to find the perfect poisons to fit your plot. A glossary of medical terms makes decoding symptoms and treatments easy for the writer with no medical background.

And finally, the book offers a bit of fun. You'll find:
· information about how real toxicologists uncover poisoning crimes
· a history of famous poisoners
· advice on how you can create your own fictional poison
· case histories that give examples of when the poisons listed were used in literature, movies, and real life

Book of Poisons is the comprehensive reference you need to create deaths by poison with out stopping readers dead in their tracks over misguided facts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66058 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781582974569
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Anne Louise Bannon has written for magazines and newspapers across the country, including Emergency Physicians Monthly and Homeland Protection Professional. Serita Stevens is a registered nurse who works as a clinical director and as a legal nurse investigator on medical-related cases. She also helps film companies medically bullet proof their scripts, and her book, The Forensic Nurse, has been optioned for a TV show.

Customer Reviews

WhoDunit-The Book of Poisons
This book tells you the name of the poison,what area it effects(heart,breathing,muscles,ect.) What the reactions are of the one poisoned,
and how long it takes for this reaction to kick-in. Its great if you want
to use the correct poison for the job at hand( this pertains to writing,or
its listing of symptoms could help identify a type of poison,so you might
treat them as patients.

Great Reference for Writers
I originally purchased this book to serve as one of several references for a book I was writing for NaNoWriMo ([...]) but it turned into the only reference I really needed. There is lots of very good information available in an easy to understand form. While I learned that killing someone with rhubarb leaves was just not conceivable, unless they had a really odd rhubarb allergy, I could rather easily accomplish the same goal using oleander. And I learned that the authorities are smart enough to look for oleander poisoning in suspicious circumstances. Like I said, lots of good information for writers.

The book very specifically states that the information contained therein is not to be used to break any known or future laws and that the information is to be used for reference for writing and other mind games. (I am paraphrasing wildly.) Good book. Worth every nickel.

The Howdunit Book of Poisons (Howdunit)
One of the top books for referance of poisons. The series (Howdunit) keeps current with the latest formulas and it is a quick and easy tool for the writter that has a character who will be done in by posions.

If, you are a seasoned writter or a one time writter this book is a must have for your research.

I would purchase this book again, if needed.