WHY KILL THE INNOCENT is the
thirteenth book and another stellar read in C.S Harris' Sebastien St. Cyr series. Harris
is an incredibly talented author, and I admire her work greatly.
Meticulously researched and insightful, her words always sing. Her
books draw me intimately into the world of Georgian England. I love her
turns of phrase, and the vast descriptive vocabulary she employs.
WHY KILL THE INNOCENT is set in
the time of the London Frost Fair of 1814. A few unusually frigid weeks
in Britain causes the River Thames to completely freeze. A winter fair
was held upon the top of the frozen ice, and the reader can practically
feel the breath in the nose freeze and hear the creak of the ice under
their feet courtesy of the gorgeous descriptions. Harris' use of an
actual London event in this fictional tale brings history to life.
Hero Devlin in a young aristocrat who discovers the body of a young
murder victim in a snowbank along the frozen Thames. Hero is married
to Sebastien St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, who happens to be an
investigator. So off go Hero and Sebastien to find justice for the
murdered woman. I adore Hero and Sebastien, both separately and
together as a couple. Despite their advantaged upbringing and their
wealth, they have a social conscience, and yet they don't seem a bit
anachronistic to me.
The mystery is well done, the characters are richly drawn, and the
historical detail is robust and engaging. Harris' WHY KILL THE INNOCENT is a lavish historical mystery
that will leave readers salivating for more. Fortunately, book 14, WHO SLAYS THE WICKED will be in
stores in April 2019, so we won't have to wait too long.
A brutal murder draws nobleman Sebastian St. Cyr into the
tangled web of the British royal court in this gripping
historical mystery from the national bestselling author of
Where the Dead Lie.London, 1814. As a cruel winter holds the city in its
icy grip, the bloody body of a beautiful young musician is
found half-buried in a snowdrift. Jane Ambrose's ties to
Princess Charlotte, the only child of the Prince Regent and
heir presumptive to the throne, panic the palace, which
moves quickly to shut down any investigation into the death
of the talented pianist. But Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount
Devlin, and his wife Hero refuse to allow Jane's murderer to
escape justice.
Untangling the secrets of Jane's world leads Sebastian into
a maze of dangerous treachery where each player has his or
her own unsavory agenda and no one can be trusted. As the
Thames freezes over and the people of London pour onto the
ice for a Frost Fair, Sebastian and Hero find their
investigation circling back to the palace and building to a
chilling crescendo of deceit and death . . .
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