Why Kill the Innocent

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Call Number: Mystery / Harris, C. S., Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Historical / Harris, C. S.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Harris, C. S.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Historical / Harris, C. S.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Historical / Harris, C. S.	4-week checkout	Reshelving

"In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal awaits. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Solid Historical Mystery submitted by sdunav on June 25, 2018, 6:42pm This is the 13th book in the St. Cyr mystery series, and it is a good one. The characters are complicated (and their development from previous books continues interestingly), the mystery is not too easy to figure out, and the historical details are well-researched and fascinating. The Prince Regent and his consort Caroline come off as thoroughly unlikable (Prinny more than Caroline), and the Princess Charlotte - the heir apparent - is intriguing. At the end I had to research what happened to all of them.

13th in series submitted by kathscot on August 16, 2020, 11:55am Harris' attention to historical detail and to complex characters makes this series very good.