# Strong Poison — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/i.md): The judge delivers his summing-up in the trial of Harriet Vane for the murder of Philip Boyes, outlining the prosecution's case and the circumstances of their relationship, while Lord Peter Wimsey and Freddy Arbuthnot ob
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter presents the judge's summing-up in Harriet Vane's trial for the murder of Philip Boyes. The judge reviews the evidence, including the timing of arsenic ingestion, the presence of arsenic in Boyes' hair, Harri
- [The Hung Jury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/iii.md): The jury in Harriet Vane's trial fails to reach a verdict after hours of deliberation, largely due to the steadfastness of Miss Climpson, who refuses to convict. Lord Peter Wimsey expresses his belief in Harriet's innoce
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/iv.md): Following the jury's failure to reach a verdict, Sir Impey Biggs holds a council of war with Wimsey and Mr. Crofts. Wimsey recounts the jury's internal dynamics, highlighting the stubborn holdout of Miss Climpson and two
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/v.md): Wimsey visits Miss Climpson's typing bureau, which is secretly a front for his investigative network of women, to discuss motives for murder. He then goes to Scotland Yard to confront Chief Inspector Parker about the Van

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Arsenic Test](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/strong_poison_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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