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ISBN: 9780593639191

Series Statement: Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

Content: " A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost . July 1815: The Prince Regent&rsquo, grandiose plans to celebrate Napolé,n&rsquo, recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found brutally murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in a chilling imitation of the stone effigies once found atop medieval tombs. Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy immediately turns to his friend Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help with the investigation. For as Devlin discovers, Lovejoy&rsquo, own wife and daughter were also murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in the same bizarre postures. A traumatized ex-soldier was hanged for their killings. So is London now confronting a malicious copyist? Or did Lovejoy help send an innocent man to the gallows? Aided by his wife, Hero, who knew Lady McInnis from her work with poor orphans, Devlin finds himself exploring a host of unsavory characters from a vicious chimney sweep to a smiling but decidedly lethal baby farmer. Also coming under increasing scrutiny is Sir Ivo McInnis himself, along with a wounded Waterloo veteran&mdash,ho may or may not have been Laura McInnis&rsquo, lover&mdash,nd a charismatic young violinist who moonlights as a fencing master and may have formed a dangerous relationship with Emma. But when Sebastian&rsquo, investigation turns toward man about town Basil Rhodes, he quickly draws the fury of the Palace, for Rhodes is well known as the Regent&rsquo, favorite illegitimate son. Then Lady McInnis&rsquo, young niece and nephew are targeted by the killer, and two more women are discovered murdered and arranged in similar postures. With his own life increasingly in danger, Sebastian finds himself drawn inexorably toward a conclusion far darker and more horrific than anything he could have imagined."

Content: Rezension(1): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: March 1, 2024 A 14-year-old British murder is duplicated in chilling detail. Back in 1801, the wife and daughter of Bow Street Magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy were shot dead and posed in Richmond Park. Now Lady Laura McInnis and her daughter Emma are discovered in the same spot by two young men who heard shots fired. Sir Henry has worked before with Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, son of the Earl of Hendon and husband to Hero, whose own father, Lord Jarvis, is cousin and powerful adviser to the king. At the time of the first murders, a man was arrested and hanged. But this new outrage tells Lovejoy and Devlin that they're dealing with either a miscarriage of justice or a copycat. Lady McInnis' traumatized young niece and nephew, Arabella and Percy, had been playing nearby but say they saw nothing. Her widower, Sir Ivo McInnis, is a wealthy, evil-tempered man, a noted sportsman who's far from the best husband or father. With some help from Hero, who was a friend of Lady McInnis, Devlin digs into her life in hope of finding a motive for what can hardly be a random killing. The dissolute Prince Regent is hated by the people, Napoleon has just been captured, and the economy is in shambles, the difference between the wealthy few and the rest of the country never more apparent. Powerful forces hoping to blame the murders on anyone but the aristocrats involved are arrayed against Devlin, who nevertheless pushes on to reveal the horrifying truth. Far from the charming world of Regency romances, this thorny mystery is a powerful expos� of privilege and inequality. COPYRIGHT(2024) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from March 25, 2024 Harris returns with a refreshingly fast-paced Regency-era whodunit featuring sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr (after Who Cries for the Lost ). In the summer of 1815, two brothers hear gunshots and discover the corpses of Lady McInnis and her daughter, Emma, in London’s Richmond Park. When Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy arrives on the scene, the women’s strange poses—like “the stone effigies one often saw atop medieval tombs”—immediately reminds him of the murders of his wife and teenage daughter 14 years earlier. They were killed in the same spot, with their bodies arranged in the same manner, and Lovejoy’s investigation led to the arrest and execution of a disturbed former soldier. Fearing he may have hanged an innocent man while the real killer remained at large, Lovejoy taps Sebastian to launch his own probe into the recent deaths. As Sebastian digs into Lady McInnis’s potential infidelity and her conflicts with a beloved local man named Basil Rhodes, two more bodies turn up. Harris manages to keep even the most savvy readers in the dark throughout, while offering up vivid historical color and satisfying twists. This installment ranks with the series’ best. Agent: Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: April 1, 2024 Napoleon has surrendered, the prince regent is planning a massive celebration, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscout Devlin, is investigating another murder. Lady McInnes and her teenage daughter have been shot in Richmond Park and positioned in a way that recalls murders committed 14 years ago, those of Sir Henry Lovejoy's family, the case that caused Lovejoy to devote his life to Bow Street. After the coroner finds bruises on Lady McInnes' body, Sebastian suspects her husband, but her good works, many of which overlapped with those of Sebastian's wife, Hero, may have earned her an enemy, a bitter master chimney sweep. When a chocolatier's apprentice is killed in the same way, it seems that Lady McInnes' investigations into the horrifying conditions of working children may have gotten her killed. But the truth is even more unfathomable,Sebastian just has to prove it. In her nineteenth Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, after Who Cries for the Lost (2023), Harris again deeply ensconces a compelling mystery in period details of class divisions and political machinations to thrilling effect. COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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