I'm currently reading WHAT DARKNESS BRINGS by CS Harris. This is 8th of 8 in series featuring Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, an investigator in Regency England. Here is a description:
Regency England, September 1812: After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military comrade, a heart-sick Sebastian learns of a new calamity: Russell Yates, the dashing, one-time privateer who married Kat a year ago, has been found standing over the corpse of Benjamin Eisler, a wealthy gem dealer. Yates insists he is innocent, but he will surely hang unless Sebastian can unmask the real killer. For the sake of Kat, the woman he once loved and lost, Sebastian plunges into a treacherous circle of intrigue. Although Eisler’s clients included the Prince Regent and the Emperor Napoleon, he was a despicable man with many enemies and a number of dangerous, well-kept secrets—including a passion for arcane texts and black magic. Central to the case is a magnificent blue diamond, believed to have once formed part of the French crown jewels, which disappeared on the night of Eisler’s death. As Sebastian traces the diamond’s ownership, he uncovers links that implicate an eccentric, powerful financier named Hope and stretch back into the darkest days of the French Revolution. When the killer grows ever more desperate and vicious, Sebastian finds his new marriage to Hero tested by the shadows of his first love, especially when he begins to suspect that Kat is keeping secrets of her own.
It was published March 2013 and has 368 pages. Love love love this series.
I finished over the weekend THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS by Deborah Crombie. This is 15th of 15 in series featuring Duncan Kincaid,
a Scotland Yard superintendent, and Gemma James, Detective Inspector, in London. Here is a description:
On a cold January morning in London, Detective Inspector Gemma James is back on the job now that her husband, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, is at home to care for their three-year-old foster daughter. Assigned to lead a Murder Investigation Team in South London, she's assisted by her trusted colleague, newly promoted Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot. Their first case: a crime scene at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace. The victim: a well-respected barrister, found naked, trussed, and apparently strangled. Is it an unsavory accident or murder? In either case, he was not alone, and Gemma's team must find his companion—a search that takes them into unexpected corners and forces them to contemplate unsettling truths about the weaknesses and passions that lead to murder. Ultimately, they will begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.
Published in February 2013 and has 368 pages. This was a book from the library. I enjoyed this more than her last one because it had more "procedure" in it, or so it seemed to me.
After overdoing it on Friday and a huge mess with insurance (still not resolved), it appears that I'm getting better with my cellulitis. Well, improving. If the insurance thing doesn't get fixed, I will owe $500 for four pills. Yeah. In the meantime, I'm taking it easy and elevating the leg whenever I can.
Hoping for a better week....
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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