[LMB] poison-taster was ARC drawing report

[Tzivia Adler]

> B: From: ANDREW BARTON
> B: The blurb on the sequel runs to the effect of 'you know your life sucks
> B: when you wish you could go back to your old job as a poison-taster'.
>
> Theodora of Pyrene or "Coral Passuran" is a poison-taster
> at Teshin Village in _The Gate of Ivory_,by Doris Egan.
> She acquires a taste for morning chocolate in Turin Province
> in _Two-Bit Heroes_.
> _The Complete Ivory_ printed 2001 also includes _Guilt-Edged Ivory_.
>

is this the same story where someone on death row is given the option of 
being a taste tester?

one poison was called 'my dearest' bec it was so commonly used on spouses. 
and some kind of chocolatey thing was used to open people minds to a psychic 
probe.  and that's about all i remember about the book.

ziviya