Sunday, November 15, 2020

“Opium and Absinthe”

 



New York. 1899. Wealth. Millionaire Row. Proper society. Enter Mathilda “Tillie” Pembroke. Intelligent, curious, socially inept. Patent medicines...opium, morphine, and heroine touted as non-addictive. Bran Stoker’s Dracula captured readers’ imagination. Murder with a list of suspects keeps Tillie busy while she fails to fight her addictions. I’m always on the lookout for a happily-ever-after ending, but…


Vampires, drugs, and money, this novel tied a bit of history with a great mystery!

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