A Dram of Poison

A Dram of Poison follows Tobias Garrison, a mild and respectable history professor whose quiet life is shattered after he secretly poisons his wealthy and overbearing wife. Believing he has carried out the perfect crime, Tobias carefully plans to establish an alibi and avoid suspicion. But almost immediately, a series of unexpected complications begins to unravel his confidence, turning what seemed like a controlled act into a mounting nightmare of anxiety and fear.

As Tobias struggles to maintain his composure, he becomes trapped in an increasingly desperate situation where every conversation, coincidence, and delay threatens to expose him. The novel unfolds through psychological tension rather than violence, focusing closely on Tobias’s spiraling panic as ordinary events take on terrifying significance. Suspense grows not from whether a murder has occurred, but from watching a seemingly ordinary man lose control of both his crime and himself.