.jpg)
In this series finale, pathologist Dr. Lily Robinson races around the globe to hunt an assassin who, like her, finds poison the weapon of choice.
​
A world-renowned climatologist is found dead off the Great Barrier Reef of northern Australia weeks before he’s set to deliver his earth-shattering findings at the international Climate Council conference. Was it greed to maintain the status quo of fossil fuels—or revolutionary new science—that motivated his murder? Can Lily Robinson stop the killer before another climate scientist dies?
With operative and lover JP Marchand at her side, Lily uncovers a cunning plot that endangers world order, and changes the trajectory of her life—forever.
​
Lily Robinson is recovering from her last mission, dwelling on her past, and second-guessing her life choices. Does the good of the many truly outweigh the good of the one? She’d thought so. So, when a prominent climate scientist dies under mysterious circumstances, she is easily persuaded to get back into the game and work with the U.S. Government’s special anti-terrorism team.
​
The trail takes Lily first to Cape Town, South Africa, then to Sydney, Australia, and finally to Brussels, Belgium, the Climate Council’s conference venue. Yet, globetrotting plays havoc with Lily’s memories—her time with Rose’s father, Charles, her initial recruitment by the legendary Pixie Dust, and her relationship with her partner, JP.
​
Lily comes full circle as she learns the truth and confronts the killer. She knows how it started, but how will it end?
​
Praise for We'll Always Have Poison
​
“Author BJ Magnani knows her poisons, and her real-life expertise shines through in every one of her novels. This is a fast-paced, globe-spanning tale of toxins, assassins and a brilliant heroine who just might save the world.”
-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling Author
​
"Meet Dr. Lily Robinson. She's smart and sophisticated and a little bit vulnerable, too. She's also very dangerous. Why? Because she knows everything about poisons and how they work and how to use them in clandestine service to the U.S. government. She's no superhero, but she's unique in the male-dominated world of thriller fiction, and she's back in We'll Always Have Poison---a big, new adventure, a globe-hopping page-turner that will sweep you up, then surprise you, then leave you completely satisfied. Don't miss it."
-- William Martin, New York Times bestselling Author of Back Bay and December '41
​
“A powerful note to Magnani’s exploration is that it does not adopt the usual formula genre approach of a murder mystery, suspense, or romance story. Magnani takes the time to describe the natural world that surrounds Lily’s life and experiences…With climate science at the heart of events, readers will relish a tale that pairs contemporary issues with twists and turns of love and death, to prove compellingly realistic and absorbing.
-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
​
“In Magnani’s thriller (one in a series), a toxicologist-turned-assassin investigates climate scientists’ questionable deaths… The plot rolls out a few surprises, including a doozy in the searing final act. A resilient series hero drives this tense, absorbing mystery.”
-Kirkus Reviews
"We’ll Always Have Poison is a grand tutelage in the use of toxins as weapons in this captivating fourth book of the Lily Robinson international thriller series. Dr. Lily Robinson, expert pathologist and undercover assassin, is summoned once again when a key speaker at the International Climate Council is mysteriously murdered. When more lives and the world as we know it are in grave danger, Robinson and her cohort (and lover) Agent JP Marchand are charged with exposing and eradicating the new – and global - environmental threats. Trust is hard to come by as a large cast of brilliant scientists and political operatives jockey for dominance and revenge.
Author Magnani’s latest book is for readers who love deep and specific details, intricate relationships with tangled pasts and presents, nefarious intentions, criminal masterminds and, of course, poisons."
-Jule Selbo, screenwriter and award-winning author of the DEE ROMMEL MYSTERY NOVELS
​
“We’ll Always Have Poison is an emotional international adventure of epic proportions. Set on the poisonous points of a right triangle, South Africa, Australia, and Belgium, Magnani takes us on a thrill ride in pursuit of whoever is murdering climate activists in unique ways. Lily Robinson, the Queen of all Poisons, is back with her team of mentor and lover, JP, and his partner, Parker, in a global clash with a mysterious villain who might just be the tip of the iceberg for an ominous and sinister organization. For Lily, it is more than business as usual—a trip down memory lane and a peek at a future of potential peace, serenity, and happiness. In pursuit of the baddie, Magnani weaves in scintillating marine biology tidbits, fascinating historical and cultural detail, and the savoring of delicious food. We’ll Always Have Poison is a fabulous read on multiple levels and one not to be missed.”
-Matt Cost, award-winning author of histories and mysteries.
​______________________________________
A Day In My Life ~ Dr. Lily Robinson by BJ Magnani | dru's book musings
​
A Day In My Life ~ Dr. Lily Robinson by BJ Magnani
Jul 17, 2024 | A Day In My Life
​
I pick off the dead blossoms of purple and pink and survey the tall grasses that sequester my secret garden within a wall of feathery plumes—a serene escape hidden behind my seaside cottage and the source of my homegrown poisons. Dew clings to delicate petals like brilliant pearls in the morning sunshine. Foxglove, its woolly leaves and tall stalks bearing pink tubular-spotted flowers, and wolfsbane, yielding its helmet-shaped purple blooms. Just two of the common plants seductive to bees—and to assassins.
​
My name is Lily Robinson. I’m a physician who took the Hippocratic Oath of a healer—to do no harm—and an oath to our country to eliminate terrorists at the government’s behest. I’ve said it before, “hidden under a cloak of legitimacy, I have been pressed to deliver extraordinary service for my country. It has been a successful ruse. A premium blend of dark deception with just an aroma of truth.” My knowledge of poisons assures death is inevitable once the target is in my sight, but it also serves the patients I treat on my toxicology service at an academic medical center in Boston.
Today, I tend flowers in my garden with gloved hands while recuperating from my previous assignment. Physical wounds heal, but psychological ones endure. Images like dream clouds occupy my mind. What would it be like if I revealed the truth about a daughter I thought was long dead, or a forbidden lover who became my soulmate? Would my life be different? How long do I rationalize that the good of the many outweighs the good of the one?
I shake my head, dislodging thoughts, and fill my basket with a toxic harvest. Soon, I’ll be off to Sydney, Australia, to investigate the death of renowned climate scientist Daniel Williams, whose research has established the undeniable effects of climate change. But if he was murdered, why now? His work has been in the public eye for years. What more did he know?
​
Before we go to Sydney, we will travel to Cape Town to meet with Williams’s colleague, Graham Harmon, to better understand their research. Unknown to my traveling companions, South Africa has special memories for me. It’s where the seed for my daughter Rose was planted. I’m sure of it.
Our final destination is the Atomium—a formidable monument built to resemble a magnified iron crystal—in Brussels, Belgium, the venue for the Climate Council conference. What more will be revealed? I can only imagine where our journey will lead us.
​
So, Daniel Williams. Is it true you met your end in the Great Barrier Reef at the hands of an assassin—one who relishes poison like I do? If so, I will pit my skills against theirs, my science against theirs, and my love of country over theirs. I am, after all, the Queen of All Poisons.
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​