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Authors: Martine Bailey

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About the Author

An amateur cook,
Martine Bailey
won the Merchant Gourmet Recipe Challenge and was a former UK Dessert Champion, cooking at Le Meurice in Paris. Her recipes have appeared in many publications including
Good Housekeeping, Olive Magazine
and
Green and Black's Chocolate Recipes
. Martine lives in Cheshire, England.
An Appetite for Violets
is her first novel. You can sign up for author updates
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

1. Manchester, England

2. Newgate Prison, London

3. Greaves, Lancashire

4. The Pacific Ocean

5. Greaves, Lancashire

6. The Thames to Manchester

7. Greaves, Lancashire

8. Manchester

9. Greaves, Lancashire

10. Greaves to Delafosse Hall

11. Delafosse Hall

12. Delafosse Hall

13. Delafosse Hall

14. Delafosse Hall

15. Delafosse Hall

16. Delafosse Hall

17. Dealfosse Hall

18. York

19. York

20. Delafosse Hall

21. Delafosse Hall

22. Delafosse Hall

23. Delafosse Hall

24. Delafosse Hall

25. Delafosse Hall

26. Golden Square, London

27. London

28. London

29. Delafosse Hall

30. Delafosse Hall

31. Delafosse Hall

32. London

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed
in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin's Press.

A TASTE FOR NIGHTSHADE
. Copyright © 2015 by Martine Bailey. All rights reserved.
For information, address St. Martin's Press,
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.thomasdunnebooks.com
www.stmartins.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bailey, Martine.

Title: A taste for nightshade : a novel / Martine Bailey.

Description: First U.S. edition. | New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.

eISBN: 978-1-4668-6072-8

Subjects: LCSH: Criminals—England—Fiction. | Young women—England—Fiction. | Upper
class—England—Social life and customs—19th century—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION /
Mystery & Detective / Historical. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Mystery fiction. | Suspense fiction.

Classifiction: LCC PR6102.A336 T37 2016 | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015037441

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First published in Great Britain under the title
The Penny Heart
by Hodder & Stoughton,
an Hachette UK company

First U.S. Edition: January 2016

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