The previous books in the series were basically set in London with trips to the country side when necessary. This book was not as good as previous books in the series.

And as he faces his most diabolical opponent ever, he is forced to consider what malevolence he's willing to embrace in order to destroy a killer. Home to the eerie ruins of an ancient monastery, Ayleswick reveals itself to be a dark and dangerous place of secrets that have festered among the villagers for decades - and a violent past that may be connected to Sebastian's own unsettling origins. Sebastian's investigation takes on new urgency when he discovers that Emma was not the first or even the second beautiful young woman in the village to die under suspicious circumstances. Held captive under the British government's watchful eye, the younger Bonaparte is restless, ambitious, and treacherous. Also troubling are the machinations of Lucien Bonaparte, the estranged brother of the megalomaniac French emperor Napoleon. For as Sebastian and Hero soon discover, Emma was hiding both her true identity and her real reasons for traveling to Ayleswick. Less easy to discern is exactly how she died - and why. Cyr for help.Īlmost immediately Sebastian realizes that Emma Chance did not, in truth, take her own life. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village's inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to learn more about his own ancestry.

Cyr 'simply elegant' (Lisa Gardner) historical mystery series, from the national best-selling author of Who Buries the Dead and Why Kings Confess.Īyleswick-on-Teme, 1813. The much-anticipated new entree in the Sebastian St.

When falcons fall by cs harris