C. S. Harris, Author . NAL $23.95 (341p) ISBN 978-0-451-21669-4
Set in England in 1811, Harris's riveting debut delivers a powerful blend of political intrigue and suspense. When Sebastian Alistair St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is accused of the rape and murder of actress Rachel York, mistress to various members
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C. S. Harris, Author . NAL $23.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-21968-8
Fans of quality historical suspense who mourn the end of the late Kate Ross's Julian Kestrel mysteries and the late Bruce Alexander's Sir John Fielding novels should find solace in the work of promising newcomer Harris, whose series (beginnin
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C. S. Harris, Author . Obsidian $23.95 (342p) ISBN 978-0-451-22226-8
While appending a serial killer plot line to a historical setting is nothing new, Harris imbues what could be an overdone and tired narrative device with refreshing novelty, making his third Regency-era whodunit (after 2006's When Gods Die
) a...
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C. S. Harris, Author . NAL/Obsidian $23.95 (341p) ISBN 978-0-451-22512-2
The savage murder of eight prostitutes at a London house of refuge provides Sebastian St. Cyr with yet another challenging puzzle in Harris's outstanding fourth mystery to feature the Regency-era gentleman sleuth. St. Cyr, who's been...
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C. S. Harris, Author . NAL/Obsidian $23.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-451-22802-4
Long-festering family secrets, treachery and worse threaten Sebastian St. Cyr in Harris's addictive fifth Regency-era mystery starring the dashing soldier-turned-sleuth (after 2008's Where Serpents Sleep
). From the start, St. Cyr's...
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C.S. Harris. NAL/Obsidian, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-23577-0
Set in August 1812, Harris’s intriguing seventh Regency whodunit featuring aristocratic sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr (after 2011’s Where Shadows Dance) marks a return to form. St. Cyr has just married Hero Jarvis, the fiercely capable daughter of his...
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C.S. Harris. Severn, $29.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8649-1
In a distinct departure from her popular Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series, Harris tells a powerful story of war’s destruction of property, people, hopes, and morals during the Civil War in Louisiana. This is top-notch historical fiction, thoroughly...
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-47119-2
Moving depictions of life on London’s mean streets are the best parts of Harris’s 12th Regency-era mystery featuring dashing Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin (after 2016’s When Falcons Fall). Less memorable is the whodunit involving a search for a
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-58562-3
Harris’s fascinating 13th mystery set in Regency-era London (after 2017’s Where the Dead Lie) centers on the plight of Princess Charlotte, heiress presumptive to the throne, who’s being encouraged to marry William, Prince of Orange, a union designed
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-58565-4
Harris’s solid 14th whodunit featuring Regency England aristocratic sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr (after 2018’s Why Kill the Innocent) puts St. Cyr in the unusual position of probing the murder of a man he himself once threatened to kill. Lord Ashworth...
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-0-399-58568-5
At the start of Harris’s solid 15th whodunit featuring aristocratic Regency sleuth St. Cyr (after 2019’s Who Slays the Wicked), St. Cyr is astonished to learn from Jules Calhoun, his valet, that Nicholas Hayes, an old friend of Calhoun, has been...
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-10266-4
Harris’s excellent 16th Regency-era whodunit (after 2020’s Who Speaks for the Damned) pits her aristocratic sleuth, Sebastian St. Cyr, against a killer possibly connected to a notorious real-life series of murders. In 1814, St. Cyr is consulted by...
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $26 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-10269-5
Bestseller Harris’s standout 17th Sebastian St. Cyr mystery (after 2021’s What the Devil Knows) provides an early gut-punch for her aristocratic detective. St. Cyr has wondered about his lineage since learning that the man he had thought his father,
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-0-593-10272-5
Set in 1815, Harris’s outstanding 18th mystery featuring aristocratic sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr (after 2022’s When Blood Lies) opens with ex-Army surgeon Paul Gibson, a close friend of the detective, examining a corpse recovered from the Thames. The...
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C.S. Harris. Berkley, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-63918-4
Harris returns with a refreshingly fast-paced Regency-era whodunit featuring sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr (after Who Cries for the Lost). In the summer of 1815, two brothers hear gunshots and discover the corpses of Lady McInnis and her daughter, Emma,...
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Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, and Christine Trent. Poisoned Pen, $16.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4926-6444-4
A gold watch rumored to be cursed links the plots of the four novellas in this superior anthology. Kearsley starts things off with “Weapon of Choice,” set in 1733 Italy, where Scots travelers Hugh and Mary McPherson get drawn into an effort to foil...
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