Food and drink are supposed to belong to the safest parts of life.
A family dinner. A lunch break. A bedside drink. A holiday dessert. A glass raised in celebration.
In Crimes Where Food and Drink Masked Murder, James Hampstead examines 40 true-crime casefiles in which ordinary meals, drinks, and familiar rituals became the route to poisoning, betrayal, and death.
The cases span homes, caf廥, workplaces, hotel rooms, neighborhoods, and public spaces. Some ended in convictions. Others remain debated, unresolved, or never brought to final judgment.
Again and again, the object at the center is something simple: cheesecake, tea, curry, soup, cocoa, champagne, coffee, wine, soft drinks, a child's bottle. The object is ordinary. The breach it represents is not.
Danger does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it is plated. Sometimes it is poured. Sometimes it is passed across a table with a smile.
Why this book
Poisoning cases occupy a particular place in true crime. They often begin in ordinary settings, rely on trust rather than force, and leave behind questions of motive, access, timing, and proof. This collection brings together 40 casefiles in which food and drink became central to the crime, whether as method, cover, or point of suspicion.
Inside this collection
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