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Last week, The Poisoner's Handbook got a great, pre-publication review in one of my favorite magazines,  New Scientist.  I was thrilled - and relieved. Hard to say which came first.  The week before publication - the book's official date is Feb. 22 - always makes me a little crazy. But much as I like my work being called "fascinating" (and I do, I do), it was the closing sentence of the review that really spoke to me: "Alas, sometimes the poisoners we seek are ourselves." Collins was referring to the findings by the 1920s toxicologist in my book that carbon monoxide was becoming such an…