Who Buries the Dead |
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| Author:
| Harris, C. S. |
| Series title: | Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-451-41756-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Berkley |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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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 victim's kinship to the current Home...
More DescriptionLondon, 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 victim's kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian's powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis.