Poison Flowers

Bordeaux, between the wars. In a small café on Rue des Faures, Gabrielle Mairiné is the person everyone trusts—until “natural” deaths begin to shadow her home. The common thread? A cup of anise tea and a poison that is notoriously hard to prove after the fact.
Based on a true case, Poison Flowers moves from neighborhood whispers to the Fort du Hâ and a courtroom where doctors debate the vanishing evidence and witnesses replay a lethal ritual. The novel blends historical detail with the pace of a thriller, asking unsettling questions about motive, opportunity, and the everyday habits we take for granted.
Expect an intimate, morally charged story set against an atmospheric Bordeaux—street by street, witness by witness. If you love true crime with a novelist’s precision, courtroom drama grounded in real science, or domestic noir where the weapon is hiding in plain sight, this is your next read.
After Poison Flowers, a teacup will never look harmless.