What Cannot Be Said

Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, Book 19

De: C. S. Harris

Narrado por: Amy Scanlon

A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

July 1815: The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found brutally murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in a chilling imitation of the stone effigies once found atop medieval tombs. Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy immediately turns to his friend Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help with the investigation. For, as Devlin discovers, Lovejoy’s own wife and daughter were also murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in the same bizarre postures.

A traumatized ex-soldier was hanged for their killings. So is London now confronting a malicious copyist? Or did Lovejoy help send an innocent man to the gallows?

Aided by his wife, Hero, who knew Lady McInnis from her work with poor orphans, Devlin finds himself exploring a host of unsavory characters, from a vicious chimney sweep to a smiling but decidedly lethal baby farmer.

Also coming under increasing scrutiny is Sir Ivo McInnis himself, along with a wounded Waterloo veteran—who might have been Laura McInnis’s lover—and a charismatic young violinist who moonlights as a fencing master and might have formed a dangerous relationship with Emma. But when Sebastian’s investigation turns toward man-about-town Basil Rhodes, he quickly draws the fury of the Palace, for Rhodes is well known as the Regent’s favorite illegitimate son.

Then Lady McInnis’s young niece and nephew are targeted by the killer, and two more women are discovered murdered and arranged in similar postures. With his own life increasingly in danger, Sebastian finds himself drawn inexorably toward a conclusion far darker and more horrific than anything he could have imagined.

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The new reader is a welcome change

I love the St Cyr mysteries and thoroughly enjoy the characters and stories. I loved Davina Porter's reading. I didn't enjoy the last audible book but I found this new reader very good!

Characters continued in step with earlier books.

I loved the unusual twist to the plot. St Cyr is still the best. But I want the doctor to get himself healed.

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Plot

I love this series! Never disappoints especially now that one knows the characters and how they evolve

Character development amazing and addictive

This is one of my absolute favorite series of books—one of my top three, all entirely different. What draws me to a series is my affection and absorption in the characters, although there must also be plenty of plot. This entry in the series has do many interesting threads that until the very last few paragraphs the reader is discovering new twists and getting excited about future disclosures. Write fast please, Ms. Harris. I am on the edge of my seat!

Excellent Twist!

One of the better stories in this very entertaining series. C.S. Harris does not disappoint. Excellent narration as always makes this a must listen/read.