Tuesday, March 1, 2016

You have disturbed me whilst I am reading, minion.


Currently reading WHEN FALCONS FALL by C.S. Harris. This is 11th of 11 in series featuring Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, an investigator in Regency England.

 Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. 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. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village’s inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help. Almost immediately, Sebastian realizes that Emma Chance did not, in truth, take her own life. Less easy to discern is exactly how she died, and why. For as Sebastian and Hero soon discover, Emma was hiding both her true identity and her real reasons for traveling to Ayleswick. Also troubling are the machinations of Lucien Bonaparte, the estranged brother of the megalomaniac French Emperor Napoleon. Held captive under the British government’s watchful eye, the younger Bonaparte is restless, ambitious, and treacherous. Sebastian’s investigation takes on new urgency when he discovers that Emma was not the first, or even the second, beautiful young woman in the village to die under suspicious circumstances. Home to the eerie ruins of an ancient monastery, Ayleswick reveals itself to be a dark and dangerous place of secrets that have festered among the villagers for decades—and a violent past that may be connected to Sebastian’s own unsettling origins. And as he faces his most diabolical opponent ever, he is forced to consider what malevolence he’s willing to embrace in order to destroy a killer.

Published in 2016, it has 368 pages. This series is the second best historical mystery series out there. CJ Sansom takes first place but doesn't write very quickly.

I also have a short story/novella from a fantasy author that makes me happy. These novella things pre-released before a new book in the series to sort of set things up or provide more background is becoming popular.

I wasn't able to stay awake last night to watch NCIS: Los Angeles so I'll have to catch up sometime soon.

 
I have Agent Carter finale tonight but I'm behind in that show so I'll have to catch up on that, too. Looks like I'm reading and going to bed this evening. Sounds like a good plan.



Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster

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