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.
C. S. Harris is the national bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries; as C. S. Graham, a thriller series coauthored with former intelligence officer Steven Harris; and seven award-winning historical romances written under the name Candice Proctor. A respected scholar with a PhD in nineteenth-century Europe, she is also the author of a nonfiction historical study of the French Revolution. She lives with her husband in New Orleans and has two grown daughters.
“This riveting historical tale of tragedy and triumph...will
enthrall you!”—Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author
of If the Viscount Falls
“With such well-developed characters, intriguing plot lines,
graceful prose, and keen sense of time and place based on solid
research, this is historical mystery at its best.”—Booklist*
“Unbearably exciting, filled with historical details, multiple
suspects and, unexpectedly, Jane Austen, the reader will not be
able to put this down.”—RT Book Reviews
“Harris is one of the best historical mystery writers I’ve read,
capturing the reader’s interest and imagination from the first page
. . . A most enjoyable read.”—Historical Novel Society
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