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Violence
Barely any
A poisoning death; depicted without graphic detail
Language
Barely any
Clean language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Prussic acid poisoning is the murder method; alcohol central to the pub setting
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The closed-community suspicion and the search for the poisoner create steady, mild tension
What this book is about
During a demonstration of dart-throwing at a Devon pub, a local man dies instantly. When it emerges that the dart tip was coated with prussic acid, Alleyn arrives to investigate a small, closed community where everyone was present and no one is eager to talk. A perfectly constructed locked-room variant, Death at the Bar is Marsh at her most classically ingenious.
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Poisoning as murder method
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