Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery)

Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery)

The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyrâ€™s past combine to put C. S. Harrisâ€™s â€œtroubled but compelling antiheroâ€ (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.

London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, into a macabre and increasingly perilous investigation. The discovery near the body of an aged lead coffin strap bearing the inscription King Charles, 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the deposed seventeenth-century Stuart monarch. Equally troubling, the victimâ€™s kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastianâ€™s powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis, who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends.

Working in concert with his fiercely independent wife, Hero, Sebastian finds his inquiries taking him from the wretched back alleys of Fish Street Hill to the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair as he amasses a list of suspects who range from an eccentric Chelsea curiosity collector to the brother of an unassuming but brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen.

But as one brutal murder follows another, it is the connectionÂ between the victims and ruthless former army officer Sinclair, Lord Oliphant, that dramatically raises the stakes.Â Once, Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific wartime act of carnage and betrayal. Now the vindictive former colonel might well pose a threat not only to Sebastian but to everythingâ€”and everyoneâ€”Sebastian holds most dear.
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Country USA
Brand BERKLEY
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780451417565
ReleaseDate 2015-03-03
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884334097093
EANs 9780451417565

Country	USA
Brand	BERKLEY
Manufacturer	Berkley
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780451417565
ReleaseDate	2015-03-03
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884334097093
EANs	9780451417565

Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery)

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