Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries · #18
Who Cries for the Lost
Sebastian St. Cyr must confront a savage killer and save his closest friend from the hangman’s noose in this heart-pounding new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of When Blood Lies.
June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as Napoléon and the forces united against him hurtle toward their final reckoning at Waterloo. Among them is Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, frustrated to find himself sidelined while recovering from a dangerous wound he recently received in Paris. When the mutilated corpse of Major Miles Sedgewick surfaces from the murky waters of the Thames, Sebastian is drawn into the murder investigation, which threatens one of his oldest and dearest friends, Irish surgeon Paul Gibson.
Gibson’s lover, Alexi Sauvage, was tricked into a bigamous marriage with the victim. But there are other women who may have wanted the cruel, faithless major dead. His mistress, his neglected wife, and their young governess whom he seduced all make for compelling suspects. Even more interesting to Sebastian is one of Sedgewick’s fellow officers, a man who shared Sedgewick’s macabre interest in both old English folklore and the occult. And then there’s the valuable list of Londoners who once spied for Napoléon that Sedgewick was said to be transporting to Charles, Lord Jarvis, the Regent’s powerful cousin, who also happens to be Sebastian’s own father-in-law.
The deeper Sebastian delves into Sedgewick’s life, the more he learns about the Major’s many secrets, and the list of people who could have wanted him dead grows even longer. Soon others connected to Sedgewick begin to die strange, brutal deaths, and more evidence emerges that links Alexi to the crimes. Certain that Gibson will be implicated alongside his lover, Sebastian finds himself in a desperate race against time to stop the killings and save his friends from the terror of the gallows.
The series
Step into the shadowy world of Regency England, where intrigue and danger lurk behind every gilded door and beneath the polished surfaces of high society. The Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries invites readers into the life of a brooding nobleman-turned-sleuth whose investigations reveal not just the criminal underworld of London but the hidden, often tragic stories of its people.
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Sebastian St. Cyr, the Earl of Hendon, is no ordinary detective. Haunted by his own dark past and the complexities of his own lineage, he becomes an unlikely investigator, driven by both personal demons and an unyielding desire for justice. Each case he tackles forces him to confront not only the brutal realities of Regency society but also the ghosts of his own history. His investigations span everything from high-profile murders to the quiet, forgotten crimes of the poor, unveiling the contradictions of an age marked by both grandeur and decay.
What sets this series apart is its richly woven atmosphere—Harris doesn’t just craft mysteries; she brings an entire world to life. Regency London pulses with authenticity, from the narrow, fog-filled streets to the grand, candlelit ballrooms. The tension between public respectability and private vice runs throughout, as St. Cyr navigates not only dangerous criminals but the webs of secrets that tie the social elite together. It’s a world where the boundaries between right and wrong blur, and the most intriguing mysteries lie in the human hearts beneath the masks.
With each book, the stakes grow higher, the characters more complex, and the web of intrigue more tightly spun. The Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries is more than a series of compelling whodunnits—it’s a study in character, morality, and the unspoken truths that shape the past. A series where the past and present collide, each novel offers a captivating journey into a world where every mystery is more than it seems.
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