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The Resource Who buries the dead : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C.S. Harris

Who buries the dead : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C.S. Harris

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"London, 1813. 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 investigation. The discovery near the body of an aged lead coffin strap bearing the inscription KING CHARLES, 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the deposed seventeenth-century Stuart monarch. Equally troubling, the victim's kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian's powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis, who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends. Working in concert with his fiercely independent wife, Hero, Sebastian finds his inquiries taking him from the wretched back alleys of Fish Street Hill the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair as he amasses a list of suspects that range from an eccentric Chelsea curiosity collector to the brother of an unassuming but brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen. But as one brutal murder follows another, it is the connection between the victims and ruthless former army officer Sinclair, Lord Oliphant, that dramatically raises the stakes. Once, Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific wartime act of carnage and betrayal. Now the vindictive former colonel might well pose a threat not only to Sebastian but to everything--and everyone--Sebastian holds most dear"--
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eng
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Who buries the dead : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
Title
Who buries the dead
Title remainder
a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
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C.S. Harris
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Language
eng
Summary
"London, 1813. 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 investigation. The discovery near the body of an aged lead coffin strap bearing the inscription KING CHARLES, 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the deposed seventeenth-century Stuart monarch. Equally troubling, the victim's kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian's powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis, who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends. Working in concert with his fiercely independent wife, Hero, Sebastian finds his inquiries taking him from the wretched back alleys of Fish Street Hill the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair as he amasses a list of suspects that range from an eccentric Chelsea curiosity collector to the brother of an unassuming but brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen. But as one brutal murder follows another, it is the connection between the victims and ruthless former army officer Sinclair, Lord Oliphant, that dramatically raises the stakes. Once, Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific wartime act of carnage and betrayal. Now the vindictive former colonel might well pose a threat not only to Sebastian but to everything--and everyone--Sebastian holds most dear"--
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Harris, C. S
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3566.R5877
LC item number
W4785 2015
Literary form
fiction
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The Sebastian St. Cyr series
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  • Saint Cyr, Sebastian (Fictitious character)
  • Great Britain
  • FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
  • FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
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Who buries the dead : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C.S. Harris
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1592466
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
338 pages
Isbn
9780451417565
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(hardback)
Lccn
2014028503
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • (Sirsi) 1592466
  • (OCoLC)890807802
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Who buries the dead : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C.S. Harris
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1592466
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
338 pages
Isbn
9780451417565
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2014028503
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1592466
  • (OCoLC)890807802

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