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I've put it on hold at the library and there are 3 people ahead of me. Not too bad.
I hope to start tomorrow.
It's calling out to me from my Kindle. I will start it sooner rather than later I think!
I've heard from some who have already read it that it's the darkest one in the series yet.
Veronica wrote: "I've heard from some who have already read it that it's the darkest one in the series yet."Interesting.
Dark doesnt bother me as long as its well written
Dark is okay as long as Sebastian, Hero and the baby all stay safe:)
I am about half way and I see what is meant by it being dark. The subject matter is crimes on children. Not a nice topic but still an excellent book!
While it has a heavy subject matter, this is one of my favoritesof the series! The pace is fast and I think CS Harris handles the situations by stating the facts without being gratuitous. Don't worry about Sebastian, Hero and Simon - nothing "dark" happens to them!
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It is one of the best of the series and also leaves the way wide open for a further book which is always good! When series get this long I am always afraid each one may be the last:)
The author gives an interview with The Reading Life where, among other things, she talks about how far she plans to take the series. There wasn't anything that I considered spoilery. Her interview is the second one and starts at about the 14:40-14:45 mark (I just slid the little marker down to the right time). http://wwno.org/post/reading-life-joh...
That's a really good interview Veronica and I am very happy to hear her say how much further the series has to go. Thankyou for the link:)
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You're welcome, ladies. Hopefully her publisher lets her take the series to that point. I think her sales are still strong, She had an author signing event in Houston this past Saturday but I couldn't make it due to a prior family engagement. I did attend one a few years ago. She's very nice in person.
Just finished and loved it. Such a range of emotions reading this. Sweetness, humor, horror, sadness. The book has given me, and the characters, a lot to process.
I'm on hold at library with no idea how many are before me for the three copies they own. Will jump in when I get the book.
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Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is no stranger to the dark side of the city, but he's never seen anything like this: the brutalized body of a 15-year-old boy dumped into a makeshift grave on the grounds of an abandoned factory. One of London's many homeless children, Benji Thatcher was abducted and tortured before his murder—and his younger sister is still missing. Few in authority care about a street urchin's fate, but Sebastian refuses to let this killer go unpunished. Uncovering a disturbing pattern of missing children, Sebastian is drawn into a shadowy, sadistic world. As he follows a grim trail that leads from the writings of the debauched Marquis de Sade to the city's most notorious brothels, he comes to a horrifying realization: Someone from society's upper echelon is preying upon the city's most vulnerable. And though dark, powerful forces are moving against him, Sebastian will risk his reputation and his life to keep more innocents from harm.
57 Chapters
Character List
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Sebastian St. Cyr, Lord Devlin: Viscount Devlin. Tall, leanly built man, not yet 30-years old. He 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 relatiohship. St. Cyr's mother abandoned him at a young age which still affects him to this day. He was forced to forgo the love of his life, Kat Boleyn due to familial secrets. He's now married to Hero and father of their infant son, Simon.
Hero Jarvis St. Cyr, Lady Devlin: Viscountess Devlin. Daughter of Charles, Lord Jarvis and St. Cyr's enemy, She's tall, 25-years old with gray eyes and was considered a spinster until she married Sebastian. Independent minded, smart and not afraid of her father. She recently gave birth to their son, Simon.
Simon Alistair St. Cyr: Sebastian and Hero's 7-month old son.
Claire Bisette: Simon's nursemaid. She recently lost her 3-year old daughter.
Tom: Sebastian's 15-year old groom or tiger who is devoted to him because he rescued him from the streets after he saved Sebastian's life. Secures information for Sebastian due to living on the streets and his ability to go undetected.
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 in his mid-thirties, slim, dark haired and of medium height and has an opium addiction. Alexi now lives with him.
Alexi Sauvage: French doctor currently living with Paul.
Charles, Lord Jarvis: Brilliant, ruthless man and cousin to the King. Completely dedicated to the preservation of the House of Hanover, he was considered the power behind Prinny (Prince Regent) weak Regency due to King George slipping into madness. In prior mysteries, St. Cyr had broken into Jarvis' house, held him at gunpoint and thrown a knife at him. They were not on the best of terms and neither trusted the other. He's Hero's father.
Annabelle, Lady Jarvis: Lord Jarvis' wife, Hero's mother, a fragile woman.
Emma Knight: Young widow who is Annabelle's companion.
Alistair St. Cyr, Earl of Hendon: Sebastian's father to the world but in reality he was not. Sebastian recently learned he's not his biological father but the Earl has always known. He is, however, the father of Kat Bolyen, Sebastian's former lover, and allowed Sebastian to believe they were brother and sister. Currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his late sixties with deep blue eyes.
Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Claiborne: Lord Hendon's sister, Sebastian and Amanda's aunt.
Lady Amanda Wilcox: Oldest of the St. Cyr siblings, Sebastian's sister. Her husband drowned as he was attempting to murder Sebastian. He had already murdered several people. Mother of Bayard and Stephanie.
Stephanie Wilcox: Amanda's daughter, just finishing her second season. She's betrothed to Anthony.
Anthony Ledger, Viscount Ashworth: Stephanie's fiancé. He's thirty-two years old, handsome, wellborn, and extraordinarily wealthy.
Sir Henry Lovejoy: Once the chief magistrate at Queen Square, now the newest of Bow Street’s three stipendiary magistrates, and friend of Sebastian.
Morey: Sebastian's majordomo.
Jules Calhoun: Sebastian's valet. Began his life in one of London's most notorious flash house, some of his unusual talents are of use to Sebastian from time to time.
Giles: Sebastian's groom.
Victoria Hart-Davis: Annabelle's cousin.
George Augustus Frederick: Prince of Wales and Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Sinclair Pugh: Long time member of Parliament.
Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh: Foreign secretary.
Sir Francis Rowe: Cousin of the prince.
Kat Boleyn: Actress who was Sebastian's first love. She's Hendon's illegitimate daughter.
Benji Thatcher: 15-year old boy who was murdered Nd had been abused before his death.
Sybil Thatcher: Benji's sister.
Toby Dancing: Benji's friend.
Jem Jones: Benji's friend.
Sir Arthur Ellsworth: Magistrate, Hatton Garden Public Office. Assigned the Thatcher murder.
Mott Gowan: Constable who wasn't comfortable with how Thatcher's case was closed.
Icarus (Professor) Cantrell: Owner of a shop called the Professor's Attic. He's a "fence" for the young pickpockets.
Clarence Rutledge: Bookstore owner specializing in licentious material.
Rory Inchbald: Homeless man living out by the old Rutherford Shot Factory and who witnessed Benji being buried.
Reverend Leigh Filby: Vicar of St. James.
Edward Burnside: Former hussar major and Jarvis' henchman.
Grace Bligh: With her twin sister Hope, she runs a house of prostitution, Number Three on Pickering Place. They specialize in young prostitutes. She's a dwarf.
Hope Bligh: With her twin sister Grace, she runs a house of prostitution, Number Three. She's a dwarf.
Joshua: Henchman for the Bligh twins.
Hector Kneebone: Stage actor who used to frequent Number Three.
Amadeus Colbert, Comte de Brienne: French emigré who was well known in fashionable circles. He's a fan of the works of the Marquis de Sade.
Israel (Izzy) Barnes: One of the children Hero interviews for her article. He's about 13-years old.
Thisby Cartwright: One of the children Hero interviews for her article. She's about six-years old.
Mary Cartwright: Thisby's older sister who also disappeared.
Bridget Leary: Young girl who disappeared while in Ashworth's employ.
Mick Swallow: Jem Jones' cousin who also disappeared.
Hamish McCormick: Boy who was abducted but escaped.
Humphrey: Henrietta's butler.
Samuel Cash: Man who attacked Sebastian.
Pierre Le-Blanc: Man who attacked Sebastian.
Richard Herbert: Tenant of the Morton farm property.
Les Jenkins: Caretaker of the Morton farm property.
Jim Kimball: Caretaker of Herbert's Bethnal Green property.
Corky Baldoon: Old man from Bethnal Green who'd seen Herbert.
Jane Peters: Young girl who was strangled at Number Three but whose death was ruled a suicide.
Mr. Darcy: Sebastian and Hero's cat.
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Henrietta tells Sebastian that Stephanie wasn’t Wilcox’s child. (hide spoiler)]