The repartee between Caleb and Lucinda is witty and very sexy. He is always working on his theories and he sees the world differently than others. Caleb is more surly than the other heroes in the series. Loved, loved, loved this story between Lucinda and Caleb. The two end up working together to solve the mystery which also is connected to the overarching story of the cabal within Arcane. Lucinda believes that a plant that was stolen from her has been used in a murder. He is called to the house of Lucinda Bromley who is a paranormal botanist and is believed to have poisoned her fiance. Caleb has a talent for putting pieces of a mystery together in other words, he is able to uncover conspiracies but fears that he will go insane the way others in his family with the same talent have. Caleb Jones has started a private detective agency to investigate paranormal crimes. THE PERFECT POISON takes place in the late 1800s. There is a secret cabal within Arcane that is plotting to perfect and use the formula for criminal purposes. Arcane has a secret.there is a formula created by its founder that can enhance paranormal talents. The books span historicals (Amanda Quick), contemporaries (Jayne Ann Krentz) and futuristic (Jayne Castle).

The Arcane series is about a society of those with paranormal talents. THE PERFECT POISON is the sixth book in the Arcane Society series.

Once again, Quick (one of Jayne Ann Krentz’s alternative identities) expertly, even magically, dispenses delectably witty dialogue, simmering sexual chemistry, and a plot laced with secrets, dangers, and surprises. New York Times best-seller Quick delivers another fascinating addition to her original and spellbinding Victorian-era series about the Arcane Society, a 200-year-old secret organization founded by an alchemist and devoted to paranormal research. To help her find the real murderer, she hires Caleb Jones, a “psychical investigator.” Believing there is a connection between Lucinda’s fern thief and a deadly dangerous secret society, Caleb agrees to take the case, but he never expected to become so distracted by his new partner in detection or to find himself flummoxed on so many fronts. Lucinda frequently used her unusual psychic gift to discern death by poisoning to help the London police, but when a nobleman is poisoned by a compound containing elements of a rare fern, one that can only be found in her conservatory, Lucinda knows she better act quickly.

If Lucinda Bromley doesn’t discover who stole her fern, she could end up being charged with murder.

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