Historical Mystery
What Goodreads says:
The
gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator
Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old
mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test.
Regency
England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the
mutilated body of Dr. Damion Pelletan in one of London’s worst slums, Sebastian
finds himself caught in a high-stakes tangle of murder and revenge. Although
the woman, Alexi Sauvage, has no memory of the attack, Sebastian knows her all
too well from an incident in his past—an act of wartime brutality and betrayal
that nearly destroyed him.
As the
search for the killer leads Sebastian into a treacherous web of duplicity, he
discovers that Pelletan was part of a secret delegation sent by Napoleon to
investigate the possibility of peace with Britain. Despite his powerful
father-in-law’s warnings, Sebastian plunges deep into the mystery of the �Lost Dauphin,”
the boy prince who disappeared in the darkest days of the French Revolution,
and soon finds himself at lethal odds with the Dauphin’s sister—the imperious,
ruthless daughter of Marie Antoinette—who is determined to retake the French
crown at any cost.
With the murderer striking ever
closer, Sebastian must battle new fears about Hero’s health and that of their
soon-to-be born child. When he realizes the key to their survival may lie in
the hands of an old enemy, he must finally face the truth about his own guilt
in a past he has found too terrible to consider....
Why Kings Confess is another great
addition to the Sebastian St. Cyr series.
There has been another murder and again Sebastian is drawn into the
investigation. Jarvis (his
father-in-law) tells him to leave it alone but of course he does not.
This mystery revolves around exiled
members of the French Royal family.
While I knew some of the facts about the French Revolution and the Royal
Family Why Kings Confess contained facts that were not covered in the history
books I studied. All of that
background played a big part of the mystery and added to my enjoyment of the
story.
I do have to confess I was as interested in how Honor and Sebastian’s marriage was progressing as I was in
the mystery. I have pulled for the
two from the beginning and loved seeing how they were doing. Look for one of the side characters to
I wait for a year for a new book in
the series to come out. I tried to
read Why Kings Confess in little bits at a time to make the book last
longer. I did not succeed as it
only took me two days to finish.
Now I have to wait another full year for the next book.
There is a lot of back story in the
series and Harris is very good at dropping it in as the book progresses so the
book can be read as a stand along.
However, for maximum enjoyment start at beginning. You will be as hooked
as I am.
Obsidian published Why Kings Confess by C. S. Harris in 2014
Books in the Series: What Angels Fear, When Gods Die, Why
Mermaids Sing, Where Serpents Sleep, What Remains of Heaven, Where Shadows
Dance, When Maidens Mourn, What Darkness Brings
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