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Olinda Sparvin, The Poisoner
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An English doctor agrees to replace a friend in his Victorian practice for 6 months. On the ship out he notices a reticent fellow passenger and finds her living with her son not far from his destination. Another neighbour has been associated with the brutal poisoning of a beautiful actress he loved by another actress and rival, and the English doctor becomes his confidante. In agreeing to sell a ring secretly in Melbourne he finds himself also associated with the poisoning - and the son becomes a daughter ... (PB)
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