Arthur Porges is (to my knowledge) the only who did something (differently) with that idea in “Dead Drunk.” Why that trick never became a well-worn trope like Poe’s Purloined Letter, Doyle’s Birlstone Gambit or Chesterton’s Invisible Man is a complete mystery. That’s a deep pool to draw from! But if I had to pick one, it would be (ROT13) The Alchemist’s Bottle-trick from John Dickson Carr’s The Four False Weapons. “What are some of your favorite mysteries that feature poisonings?” A very clever inverted novel – Rolls’ The Vicar’s Experiments is also excellent and, once again, involves poison but is much harder to find. The other is that although we know who is trying to kill the victim, we spend the novel wondering which one will ultimately succeed. A large part of that is that we possess knowledge that the characters don’t and can appreciate their growing frustration and puzzlement about why their plans aren’t working. One of the things that delighted me about this book was that, in contrast with its obviously dark subject matter, it is often very funny. Having picked the same target, they each set to work to execute their plan but find themselves getting in each others’ way. The premise of the story is that we have two potential killers who each independently come up with the same idea to murder a man, albeit for quite different reasons. Finally, I couldn’t do a post about poisonings in mystery fiction without referencing one of my very favorite Golden Age novels, Anthony Rolls’ Family Matters which I have still not reviewed on this blog. ( These are 20 major food recalls you should know about. Some of the largest listeria-based recalls in 2021 were of salad mixes, which are processed at only a few production facilities across the U.S., where one contaminated batch of greens can spread listeria to hundreds of other products. Listeria, on the other hand, thrives in cool, damp environments and lives on processing equipment, not only in production facilities, but also in refrigerators and on cutting boards and meat-slicing machines. Pathogens can also travel on the wind and contaminate crops. Irrigation water may become contaminated with pathogens from cattle or poultry manure, as well as from wild animal droppings. coli contamination on produce, including field-grown lettuce, onions, peaches, and melons, as well as wheat that is then milled into flour, can be traced to nearby animal feedlots. Other vectors include poultry and meat that consumers may not cook to a safe internal temperature.Ĭlick here to see the 7 grocery items most likely to cause food poisoning, according to FDA data Accordingly, some of the most common vectors for illness are raw or processed foods that are typically eaten without heating, including salad greens, certain fruits, and deli products. coli – can be killed when food is properly cooked. The pathogens that most commonly cause food poisoning – listeria, salmonella, and E.
Information on symptoms and potential dangers of various kinds of food poisoning came from the CDC and the Mayo Clinic.
Foods that were recalled because of allergens or extraneous materials like the plastic were excluded. Data came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Agriculture. To compile a list of foods most often linked to food poisoning, 24/7 Tempo reviewed a report by Consumer Reports in which food safety experts looked at food recalls and foodborne disease outbreaks from 2017 through 2022. ( These are 25 foods that can make you sick or kill you. Although many recover on their own, certain demographics – including people with compromised immune systems, the elderly, children under 5, and those who are pregnant – are at greater risk of falling seriously ill due to food poisoning. Each year, about 48 million people get sick from foodborne bacteria and viruses, leading to nearly 130,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to Consumer Reports.
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