Why Kill the Innocent, C. S. Harris
Why Kill the Innocent, C. S. Harris
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Why Kill the Innocent

Author: C. S. Harris

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

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 . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on November 12, 2018

Hero St. Cyr and Alexi Sauvage are returning home following a visit to one of her patients when they stumble upon the body of a young woman in a snow drift. Hero recognizes her as Jane Ambrose, the long time piano teacher to Princess Charlotte, the sole child and heir presumptive of the Prince Regen......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on April 18, 2019

I read Why Kill the Innocent just prior to reading the newest book in this series, Who Slays the Wicked. If you enjoy historical mysteries, this series is top notch. Why Kill the Innocent involves a mystery for Sebastian to undertake at the royal court in 1814 London. A young musician named Jane Amb......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on April 22, 2024

5★ “‘Holland will be far more stable once it is turned into a monarchy—’ ‘Ah, yes: because the fates of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette certainly illustrated for all just how stable a monarchy can be’” said Hero dryly. ‘—and nothing will keep this new, more powerful Dutch kingdom tied to Britain bette......more