Another day, another batch of St. Cyr book reviews đ With this post I’ve more or less caught up with the series; there is of course the new book that came out this past spring but I’m in no rush to pick it up as it’s still in hardback. Anyway, without further ado…
Why Kings Confess
By: C.S. Harris
Format/Source: Mass market paperback; my purchase
Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr. Damion Pelletan in one of Londonâs worst slums, Sebastian finds himself caught in a high-stakes tangle of murder and revenge. Although the woman, Alexi Sauvage, has no memory of the attack, Sebastian knows her all too well from an incident in his pastâan act of wartime brutality and betrayal that nearly destroyed him.
As the search for the killer leads Sebastian into a treacherous web of duplicity, he discovers that Pelletan was part of a secret delegation sent by Napoleon to investigate the possibility of peace with Britain. Despite his powerful father-in-lawâs warnings, Sebastian plunges deep into the mystery of the “Lost Dauphinâ, the boy prince who disappeared in the darkest days of the French Revolution, and soon finds himself at lethal odds with the Dauphinâs sisterâthe imperious, ruthless daughter of Marie Antoinetteâwho is determined to retake the French crown at any cost.
With the murderer striking ever closer, Sebastian must battle new fears about Heroâs health and that of their soon-to-be born child. When he realizes the key to their survival may lie in the hands of an old enemy, he must finally face the truth about his own guilt in a past he has found too terrible to consider…