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Monthly Archive August, 2024

Who Cries for the Lost, Audiobook

Who Cries for the Lost, Audiobook (2023) C.S. Harris narrated by Jenny Sterlin (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) Set in London in 1815. Returned from France, but not yet fully recovered from injuries his received there, Sebastian balks at having to remain safe in England while those with whom he fought before are fighting Napoleon. But […]

When Blood Lies, Audiobook

When Blood Lies, Audiobook (2022) C.S. Harris narrated by Jenny Sterlin (Sebastian St. Cyr #17) Set in Paris in 1815 Sebastian and Hero have traveled to Paris in the hopes of finally finding Sebastian’s mother. Unfortunately, she is murdered before Sebastian can ask her her about his father, and so Sebastian and Hero search for […]

Deadly Assessments

Deadly Assessments (2018) Drew Hayes (Fred The Vampire #5) “That means you’re my bodyguard . . . until you decide to kill me?” “Don’t be silly. I would submit a formal verdict, quit the position, and then give you time for goodbyes. I couldn’t just kill you while I was on the job. There’s a […]

The Fangs of Freelance

The Fangs of Freelance (2017) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #4) It took me several moments to fully process what Roderick was suggesting. “Hold on, do you think I’ve been acting as the face of the company, only to shove the actual accounting onto someone else? How does that make sense, given my career […]

  • August 17th, 2024
  • Categories: 8.5/10

The Sanctuary Sparrow

The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7) Set in Shropshire England in 1140 “If the law itself were here, there is no power can now take away this man from the sanctuary he has sought. You should know the right of it as well as I, and the peril, body and […]

  • August 16th, 2024
  • Categories: 7/10

What the Devil Knows, Audiobook

What the Devil Knows, Audiobook (2021) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr 16) Set in London in 1814. In 1811 two families were savagely murdered in what came to be known as the Ratcliffe Highway murders. When the corrupt magistrate who was in charge of that case is found dead in an […]

Bloody Acquisitions

Bloody Acquisitions (2016) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #3) Power is useful, Fred, never doubt that, but far more useful is the perception of power. You went to all this trouble, just to avoid running.” “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to run,” I told her. “I just didn’t want to leave so much […]

Undeath & Taxes

Undeath & Taxes (2015) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #2) The sound cut off immediately, which, in retrospect, should have been my first clue that something was amiss. Children do not cease noise-making so instantaneously, as I have now learned. “Fred,” Richard called, greeting me from down the hall. He was in Sally’s room, […]

Who Speaks for the Damned, Audiobook

Who Speaks for the Damned, Audiobook (2020) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #15) Set in London in 1814 It’s a bad combination, in my experience—arrogance and wounded pride. It sours a man. You’d think at her age she’d be done with breeding, but she keeps popping them out. Claiborne says I’m […]

The Virgin in the Ice

The Virgin in the Ice (1982) Ellis Peters (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) Set in Worcestershire, England in 1139 There had been other women, before her and after. He remembered them with gratitude, and with no guilt at all. He had given and received pleasure and kindness. None had ever complained of him. If that […]

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant (2014) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #1) I was more than a minor klutz in my human days, so it was an enjoyable change to walk around without injuring myself. “Well, if it sweetens the pot any, I do own my own accounting […]