Not to Be Taken: A Puzzle in Poison Publisher / University of Minnesota Press Martyn Jolly’s text weaves together

Martyn Jolly’s text weaves together an Australian history with the ‘telescope’ of artificial light as its lens

who painted a harsh yet beautiful fantasy world

Inspired by wildflower spotting during travels between the bush and the desert

revealing insights into the larger-than-life characters

and a fiery hit of chilli

Not to Be Taken: A Puzzle in Poison Publisher / University of Minnesota Press Martyn Jolly’s text weaves togetherJohn Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brothers request, it transpires that he has been killed by arsenical poisoning, though nobody in the sleepy village of Anneypenny seems to have had a reason to do him ill. Rumours abound of Nazi intrigue and military skullduggery, but whatever the motive, the truth remains; this was murder. Originally serialised as a competition with a prize for the readers that could answer