The Book of Secrets
by Anna Mazzola
🏆 Winner of the 2025 CWA KAA Gold Dagger
The Book of Secrets by Anna Mazzola, an accomplished writer of historical crime novels, is based on a real bout of poisonings that took place in Rome in the mid-17th century. The so-called ‘Aqua Tofana’ could not be detected and was used by women to get rid of abusive husbands. Mazzola tells the story well and you’ll find yourself rooting for the poisoners.
