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Where Serpents Sleep
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Very excited for people to read this one and to get their thoughts on it.
Veronica wrote: "Very excited for people to read this one and to get their thoughts on it." Agree Veronica! Really enjoyed this one!!
It was a 5 star read for me too!
What I really love about this series read, aside from getting to see the reactions of newcomers to the books, is that it will carry me over right up until the release of the next book in March 2017. :-)
That is a long wait, Veronica :0(
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Right on both counts, ladies. :-)
Just finished . It is SO good. Loved it:)
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That was fast, Phrynne! So glad you liked it!
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Veronica wrote: "That was fast, Phrynne! So glad you liked it!"That's because I jumped straight into it. I have been waiting a month to read it! And now there's another month to the next one:)
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Great questions, Jonetta! This will be my third or fourth reread of this series and some of them concern things that I had never really thought about before. I'll definitely be keeping them in mind as I read it this time.
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Some of the sights visited in this book, for those whose imagination is as challenged as mine.Almack's Assembly rooms (which will come up quite often in the series) - exterior and interior
It doesn't look like much from the outside
Bullock's Museum
The Royal Academy
Somerset House circa late 18th century
View from Somerset Gardens
Carlton House
Carlton House main hall
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You're welcome. I don't want to step on anyone's toes but I figure I can't be the only one who needs help to picture things. :-)
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I love your pictures Veronica. Keep them coming!Just look at the way the paintings are hung in the Royal Academy. How could you enjoy just one picture in that chaos?
Great pics, Veronica. I love seeing the places that I'm reading about.
Yes, the pictures are an added bonus. Thank you!
You're very welcome, ladies. I agree, Phrynne, it has a very dizzying effect. The story mentioned how the pictures were hung frame to frame but actually seeing it is something else. Is it still that way, I wonder. Anyone know firsthand?
Not first hand but this link shows things to be a bit more restrained nowadays:) Although it is all very colourful!!!https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhib...
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Those are some bold color choices! I like them!
Well the colors are certainly ... striking :0)
I might have to visit and report back!
Or not.... Tickets are sold out!
Working in an uneasy alliance, Hero and Sebastian follow a trail of clues leading from the seedy brothels and docksides of London's East End to the Mayfair mansions of a noble family with dark secrets to hide. Risking both their lives and their reputations, the two must race against time to stop a killer whose ominous plot threatens to shake the nation to its very core.
60 Chapters
Character List
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Sebastian St. Cyr: Viscount Devlin, a former military man and spy. He's 29-years old and has dark hair and strange yellow eyes with the unnatural ability to see clearly at great distances or at night. Lord Hendon's only surviving son, they enjoy a very complicated and acrimonious relationship.
Hero Jarvis: Charles, Lord Jarvis' daughter. She's 25-years old and has light brown hair and gray eyes.
Tom: Young 12-year old pickpocket befriended by Sebastian. Now serves as tiger for Sebastian as well as assisting him in solving mysteries.
Charles, Lord Jarvis: Brilliant, ruthless man and cousin to the King. Completely dedicated to the preservation of the House of Hanover, he is considered the power behind Prinny's (Prince Regent) weak Regency due to King George slipping into madness. Hero's father.
Alistair St. Cyr: Fifth Earl of Hendon and father of Sebastian and Amanda. Currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his late sixties with deep blue eyes.
Lady Amanda Wilcox: Oldest of the St. Cyr siblings, sister to Sebastian. Her husband drowned as he was attempting to murder Sebastian. He had already murdered several people.
Stephanie Wilcox: Amanda's daughter, Sebastian's niece.
Paul Gibson: Former army surgeon, an Irishman who shared the battlefields with Sebastian where he lost a leg. Unmarried, he works out of a small surgery at the base of Tower Hill and shares his knowledge of anatomy at St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew's teaching hospitals. He frequently assists St. Cyr, his friend, with his murder investigations and provides an invaluable source of knowledge. He's 32-years old slim, dark haired and of medium height and has an opium addiction.
Sir Henry Lovejoy: Chief magistrate at Queens Square, Westminster. He calls for Sebastian's assistance in cases involving the aristocracy.
Sir William Hadley: Chief magistrate at Bow Street, put in charge of the Magdalene House investigation by Lord Jarvis.
Colonel Bryce Epson-Smith: One of Lord Jarvis' agents, ruthless and intelligent.
Joshua Walden: Member of the Society of Friends who helps run the Magdalene House.
Margaret Crowley: Matron at the Magdalene House.
Rose Jones: aka Rose Fletcher. Young woman staying at the Magdalene House. Real name is Rachel Fairchild.
Jules Calhoun: Sebastian's new valet.
Grace Calhoun: Jules' mother.
Morey: Sebastian's majordomo.
Madame LeClerc: Sebastian's cook.
Ian Kane: Owner of the Orchard Street Academy, a brothel. He's also a painter.
Miss Lil: Abbess of the Orchard Street Academy.
Luke O'Brian: One of Rose's customers, a successful trade merchant.
Tasmin Poole: Jamaican prostitute who works at Orchard Street Academy.
Hessy Abrahams: Prostitute who worked at Orchard Street Academy.
Hannah Green: Young woman who came to Magdalene House with Rose.
Mary Driscoll: Harpist as Orchard Street Academy.
Georgina, Lady Sewell: Rachel Fairchild's older sister.
Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Claiborne: Lord Hendon's sister, Sebastian and Amanda's aunt.
Basil Fairchild: Rachel's father.
Tristan Ramsey: Betrothed to Rachel.
Kat Boleyn: Irish actress now toast of London. Former spy for the French. Sebastian's former lover who is now married to Russell Yates, a privateer.
Cedric Fairchild: Rachel's brother, recently back from the war.
Spencer Perceval: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Thackery: Former pugilist who's the enforcer for Orchard Street Academy.
Jenna: Hero's maid.
Molly O'Keefe: Irishwoman who runs a lodging house in Covent Garden.
Maggie McQueen: Charwoman at Oakwood Street Academy.
Pippa: Cheesemonger's daughter.
John Bellingham: Man wrongfully imprisoned and who wants to be recompensed by the government.
Patrick Somerville: General's son whose friend went missing the night of the fire. Cedric's friend.
Max Ludlow: Patrick's missing friend, a Hussar captain.
Mrs. Frederico: Paul's housekeeper.
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Magdalene House: Refuge run by the Society of Friends for women who wished to leave prostitution.
Orchard Street Academy: Residential brothel.
Cyprian: Prostitute.