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The Quietly Fatal Dose
A Johnny Crumb Adventure
by Jack Canem
In a quiet corner of Manchester, a man dies without panic.
No struggle.
No violence.
No sign of fear.
“He just lay down,” a patient says casually at the pharmacy counter.
Most people would forget the remark.
Johnny Crumb doesn’t.
Johnny is a community pharmacist in Chorlton, observant, methodical, quietly competent. He spends his days dispensing medicines, advising on doses, and managing margins of safety that most people never think about. But behind the counter, tucked out of sight, is another life: classical texts, half-remembered Greek, and a mind trained to notice patterns others miss.
When a second death surfaces, eerily calm, disturbingly precise, Johnny feels the old itch return. The language doesn’t sit right. The order of symptoms feels wrong. And the details echo something ancient.
Socrates.
Demosthenes.
Cleopatra.
As Johnny digs deeper, a chilling pattern emerges: modern deaths that mirror classical executions with unsettling accuracy. Plant poisons. Venoms. Carefully measured doses. No randomness. No rage. Just method.
This isn’t violence for its own sake.
It’s doctrine.
At the centre of it all stands a respected Manchester academic, a classics professor who believes the ancients were not misguided, merely interrupted. To him, poison is not evil. It is information. The body is trainable. Fear is the real enemy. He doesn’t see himself as a killer, only as someone finishing an experiment history abandoned.
But Johnny understands something the professor doesn’t.
Tolerance is not immunity.
Control is not mastery.
And every dose carries a margin of error.
As bodies accumulate and one man narrowly survives, Johnny is forced out of quiet observation and into moral conflict. He must decide when knowledge becomes responsibility, and whether restraint can still matter in a world obsessed with proving ideas at any cost.
Set in modern Manchester and grounded in real pharmacology, classical history, and forensic logic, The Quietly Fatal Dose is a cerebral crime thriller about pattern recognition, ethical limits, and the danger of believing that understanding something makes you superior to it.
Because some knowledge doesn’t want to be rediscovered.
And some experiments should never be finished.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Quietly Fatal DoseA Johnny Crumb Adventureby Jack CanemIn a quiet corner of Manchester, a man dies without panic.No struggle.No violence.No sign of fear."He just lay down," a patient says casually at the pharmacy counter.Most people would forget the remark.Johnny Crumb doesn't.Johnny is a community pharmacist in Chorlton, observant, methodical, quietly competent. He spends his days dispensing medicines, advising on doses, and managing margins of safety that most people never think about. But behind the counter, tucked out of sight, is another life: classical texts, half-remembered Greek, and a mind trained to notice patterns others miss.When a second death surfaces, eerily calm, disturbingly precise, Johnny feels the old itch return. The language doesn't sit right. The order of symptoms feels wrong. And the details echo something ancient.Socrates.Demosthenes.Cleopatra.As Johnny digs deeper, a chilling pattern emerges: modern deaths that mirror classical executions with unsettling accuracy. Plant poisons. Venoms. Carefully measured doses. No randomness. No rage. Just method.This isn't violence for its own sake.It's doctrine.At the centre of it all stands a respected Manchester academic, a classics professor who believes the ancients were not misguided, merely interrupted. To him, poison is not evil. It is information. The body is trainable. Fear is the real enemy. He doesn't see himself as a killer, only as someone finishing an experiment history abandoned.But Johnny understands something the professor doesn't.Tolerance is not immunity.Control is not mastery.And every dose carries a margin of error.As bodies accumulate and one man narrowly survives, Johnny is forced out of quiet observation and into moral conflict. He must decide when knowledge becomes responsibility, and whether restraint can still matter in a world obsessed with proving ideas at any cost.Set in modern Manchester and grounded in real pharmacology, classical history, and forensic logic, The Quietly Fatal Dose is a cerebral crime thriller about pattern recognition, ethical limits, and the danger of believing that understanding something makes you superior to it.Because some knowledge doesn't want to be rediscovered.And some experiments should never be finished. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798247508632
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Quietly Fatal DoseA Johnny Crumb Adventureby Jack CanemIn a quiet corner of Manchester, a man dies without panic.No struggle.No violence.No sign of fear."He just lay down," a patient says casually at the pharmacy counter.Most people would forget the remark.Johnny Crumb doesn't.Johnny is a community pharmacist in Chorlton, observant, methodical, quietly competent. He spends his days dispensing medicines, advising on doses, and managing margins of safety that most people never think about. But behind the counter, tucked out of sight, is another life: classical texts, half-remembered Greek, and a mind trained to notice patterns others miss.When a second death surfaces, eerily calm, disturbingly precise, Johnny feels the old itch return. The language doesn't sit right. The order of symptoms feels wrong. And the details echo something ancient.Socrates.Demosthenes.Cleopatra.As Johnny digs deeper, a chilling pattern emerges: modern deaths that mirror classical executions with unsettling accuracy. Plant poisons. Venoms. Carefully measured doses. No randomness. No rage. Just method.This isn't violence for its own sake.It's doctrine.At the centre of it all stands a respected Manchester academic, a classics professor who believes the ancients were not misguided, merely interrupted. To him, poison is not evil. It is information. The body is trainable. Fear is the real enemy. He doesn't see himself as a killer, only as someone finishing an experiment history abandoned.But Johnny understands something the professor doesn't.Tolerance is not immunity.Control is not mastery.And every dose carries a margin of error.As bodies accumulate and one man narrowly survives, Johnny is forced out of quiet observation and into moral conflict. He must decide when knowledge becomes responsibility, and whether restraint can still matter in a world obsessed with proving ideas at any cost.Set in modern Manchester and grounded in real pharmacology, classical history, and forensic logic, The Quietly Fatal Dose is a cerebral crime thriller about pattern recognition, ethical limits, and the danger of believing that understanding something makes you superior to it.Because some knowledge doesn't want to be rediscovered.And some experiments should never be finished. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798247508632
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