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 […]
- August 6th, 2024
- Categories: 7.5/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Who Slays the Wicked, Audiobook (2019) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) Set in London in 1814 Content warnings: rape “Do you have any idea who might have killed him?” he asked Stephanie. “Someone who disliked him?” she suggested, her nostrils quivering with a pinched look. “That should narrow the list […]
- July 30th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Good Cover, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Why Kill the Innocent, Audiobook (2018) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr # 13) Set in London in 1814 Content warnings: rape “I was hoping I’d find you here,” said Devlin pleasantly. Jarvis kept walking. “I wish I could say I’m delighted not to have disappointed you, but I fear that would […]
- July 21st, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Where the Dead Lie, Audiobook (2017) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr # 12) Set in England in 1812 Content warnings: rape and torture of teenagers (off page) the brutalized body of a 15-year-old boy dumped into a makeshift grave on the grounds of an abandoned factory. One of London’s many homeless […]
- July 20th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
When Falcons Fall, Audiobook (2016) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr # 11) Set in England in 1813 Content warnings: rape (off page) Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to learn more about his own ancestry. […]
- July 14th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Who Buries the Dead, Audiobook (2015) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr # 10) Set in England in 1813. Content warning: rape, slavery (off page) 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 […]
- July 7th, 2024
- Categories: 8.5/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Why Kings Confess, Audiobook (2014) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #9) Set in England in 1813 Content warning: discussion of historical child abuse and imprisonment A contingent from France is rumored to be in London for peace talks, when the young doctor with the group is found brutally murdered–with his heart […]
- June 27th, 2024
- Categories: 8.5/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Physical Health, Reread
- Tags: Addiction, C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
What Darkness Brings, Audiobook (2013) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #8) Set in London in 1812 Russell Yates, Kat Boleyn’s husband, has been accused of the murder of Benjamin Eisler. Hendon asks Sebastian to help–not for Yates’ sake but for Kat’s. It seems that Eisler had a giant blue diamond he […]
- June 16th, 2024
- Categories: 8.5/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mental Health Rep, Mystery, Queer, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
When Maidens Mourn, Audiobook (2012) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #7) Set in England in 1812 Sebastian St. Cyr’s plans to escape the heat of London for a honeymoon with his new bride, Hero Jarvis, are shattered when the murdered body of Hero’s good friend Gabrielle Tennyson is discovered drifting in […]
- June 11th, 2024
- Categories: 7.5/10, Audio Book, British, Good Cover, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Where Shadows Dance, Audiobook (2011) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #6) Set in London in 1812 When Paul Gibson purchases his latest cadaver for research, he discovers the young man, Alexander Ross, did not die of a weak heart, but was instead murdered. Unable to report the discovery that his stolen […]
- June 8th, 2024
- Categories: 8.5/10, Audio Book, British, Good Cover, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
What Remains of Heaven, Audio Book (2009/2016) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr #5) Set in England in 1812. When the controversial, reform-minded Bishop of London is found bludgeoned to death in an ancient crypt beside the corpse of an unidentified man murdered decades before, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is asked […]
- June 3rd, 2024
- Categories: 8.5/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
Where Serpents Sleep, Audiobook (2008/2015) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr) Set in England in 1812. Oddly, on the same day, the book I was listening to and the book I read both had passages about the murder of Prime Minister Spenser Percival. I prefer the “solution” presented in the other book […]
- May 30th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Good Cover, Historical, Mystery, Reread, Sexual Content
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, John Bellingham, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr, Spenser Percival
Why Mermaids Sing, Audio Book (2007/2015) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr) Set in England in 1811. Several young men have been found dead, their bodies mutilated. As several are from prominent families who refuse to speak to the police, Sir Henry Lovejoy begs Sebastian for help. If I’m lucky, I’ll be […]
- May 25th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Queer, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
When Gods Die, Audio Book (2006/2015) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr) Set in England in 1811. At the Prince Regents dinner party, the beautiful young wife of an elderly marquis is found dead–stabbed in the back, her clothing partially undone. Jarvis immediately starts to cover up the prince’s involvement, but he […]
- May 15th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Historical, Mystery, Reread
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr
What Angels Fear, Audio Book (2005/2014) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr) Set in England in 1811 A young actress has been found horribly murdered, in St Matthews of the Fields’ Lady Chapel, and a deuling pistol with Viscount Devlin’s device on the trigger guard. I am so far behind on this […]
- May 5th, 2024
- Categories: 8/10, Audio Book, British, Good Cover, Historical, Mystery, Reread, Sexual Content
- Tags: C.S. Harris, Davina Porter, Napoleonic Era, Regency, Sebastian St. Cyr