When one more woman's life is at stake, will he be in time to save her?Īccording to my records, I read this once upon a time before I started blogging. He is startled to find that his investigations are leading closer to home than he imagined and it all ties in with an underground of espionage. Another woman is killed and the nets of the law are drawing closer to our hero.time is running out. He gathers a band of allies-from the ex-military doctor who conducts an unauthorized autopsy (discovering that the woman was raped after the murder) to a young street urchin to Kat Boleyn, a lovely actress who once broke Devlin's heart. He escapes the long arm of the law and begins his own investigations-at first simply to clear his name, but the more he learns the more he is determined to seek justice for the woman. After all, he wouldn't be the first young nobeleman to have gone off the rails, broken by experiences as a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.Įxcept.Devlin didn't do it. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is found and a witness's testimony place him at the scene, the police are quick to believe they have their killer.
When a dueling pistol belonging to Sebastian St. A beautiful young actress found murdered on the altar steps of a church-her throat savagely cut and her person violated. Whigs and Tories are battling behind the scenes for influence over the Prince Regent (George Augustus Frederick).
King George III's reign is drawing to a close and it's the dawn of the Regency era. August Vintage Mystery Extravaganza Reviews.
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