Why Kings Confess: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Author: Visit Amazon's C.S. Harris Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0451417550 | Format: PDF
Why Kings Confess: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Description
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Praise for the Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries
“Best historical thriller writer in the business!...The entire series is simply elegant.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner
“Page-turning adventure, international intrigue, and unlikely romance.”—The New Orleans Times-Picayune
“Excellent…The combination of complex back story, intricate plotting, surprising developments, and poignant evocations of the lives of the under-privileged makes this one of the best entries in Harris’s superior historical series.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“Like Georgette Heyer, Harris delves deep into the mores of Regency England, but hers is a darker, more dangerous place.”—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
“A ripping read. Sebastian St. Cyr’s world of Georgian intrigue captivated me to the final page.”—Will Thomas, Author of To Kingdom Come
“Thoroughly enjoyable...kept me enthralled.”—Deanna Raybourn, Author of The Dead Travel Fast
“Harris does an excellent job of interweaving the mystery in this book with the larger story arc of the series.”—St. Petersburg Times
“An intriguing mix of bloody murder, incest, and brutality…fascinating.”—The Washington Times
“Harris combines all of the qualities of a solid Regency in the tradition of Georgette Heyer …Anyone who likes Amanda Quick and/or is reading the reissued Heyer novels will love this series.”—Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Harris is a master of the genre.”—The Historical Novels Review
About the Author
C. S. Harris has written more than twenty novels. Why Kings Confess is the ninth book in the Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series, following What Darkness Brings, When Maidens Mourn, and Where Shadows Dance. Harris is also the author of the C. S. Graham thriller series coauthored with former intelligence officer Steven Harris, including The Babylonian Codex, The Solomon Effect, and The Archangel Project, and, writing as Candice Proctor, is the author of seven award-winning historical romances, including Beyond Sunrise and Midnight Confessions. A respected scholar of nineteenth-century Europe, she is also the author of a nonfiction historical study of the French Revolution entitled Women, Equality, and the French Revolution. She lives in New Orleans with her husband and two daughters.
- Series: Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery (Book 9)
- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: NAL Hardcover (March 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451417550
- ISBN-13: 978-0451417558
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The new Sebastian Devlin is a fast paced whodunnit which starts off with his friend Paul Gibson stumbling upon two bodies in one of the nastier back alleys of east London. The man is dead with a horrendous wound in his chest, his heart missing; the woman with him is injured but survives after Paul takes her back to his surgery for care. Sebastian gets involved at first out of curiosity and finds himself deep into French politics, both with a commission sent to Britain to explore the possibiility of negotiating a peace treaty and with the Bourbon royal family in exile who are all adamantly opposed to any negotiation with Napoleon. After an unsuccessful attempt on his life, Sebastian finds the case more personal, and with more victims. The major question is who is behind the murders and why was the heart of the first victim, a member of the French delegation, of such importance. The action is swift and the characters are fascinating, including the Duchess of Angouleme (the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette), a member of the French exile court who is also a "molly", and the doctoresse who Paul rescued. A couple of characters seem to be superfluous to the plot at first but they are successfully tied in with the others at the end. As always, Hero Devlin is an intriguing character and it was a pleasure to see her evolving relationship with Sebastian. Paul Gibson is also an appealing character and may now have a real romance in his life in future novels. I also enjoy Sebastian's aunt, a true "grande dame". I read this in one day because it was so interesting and the fast pace made it difficult to put down. While it is not absolutely necessary, I recommend reading the novels in sequence in order to understand the relationships among the characters.
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