Set to the backdrop of the plague, The Hemlock Cure is set in the village of Eyam, famous for its self imposed quarantine. Mae is the village apothecary’s daughter. Her father Wulferic is a pious and controlling man, and his distaste for the village’s midwife, Isabel is obvious. A three pronged narrative; flashbacks, diary entries and a ghostly narrator bring the past and present together, revealing long hidden secrets. 
Excellent historical fiction with some  really interesting parallels with our recent pandemic.