Audiobook narrated by the well known Davina Porter Since I am almost done with the 2nd volume, I guess I should find the time to write a few words about the book which started the Sebastian St. Cyr adventures, What Angels Fear. The series starts in 1811, just before the Regency began and King George was still in power. The Napoleonic Wars were going strong. One lovely day, a young actress is found dead in a church with a duel pistol beside her. The pistol belongs to Sebastian St Cyr, a rebelliou...

I’ve had this one on my to-read list since Dec2022, which will make it a part of my “Cleaning Out the Closet” challenge. When I noticed that GR friend, PattyMacDotComma had selected it for a May Group read, I thought that now was as good a time as any to finally getting around to reading it. I love good historical fiction stories, and I am currently a big fan of a few series right now. I am going to add this to my current list of historical fiction series.This one takes place during the London R...

Actually it would have been a full 5 stars, the story has been so engaging and so well written, but  something annoyed me in the end, so I removed 1 star ( better explanations at the bottom of my review ).Let's start telling something about ____ the PLOT : We are in England in 1811, when King George III is about to be deposed due to his madness and a regent is about to be appointed. The rivalry between the two main political parties is increasingly heated and with it espionage, political pressur...

4.5★“He hauled on the reins, wrenching the bays sideways. The horses plunged, snorting, hooves striking sparks from the edge of the footpath. The joints of the old landau squealed. Wood snapped. The coach body crashed to the pavement, the box skewing sideways.”There’s a fair bit of derring-do in this excellent historical murder mystery. Lots of politics, too. And blackmail. And spies. This is 1811 in England, just as the Prince of Wales is about to take over the reins (and reign) of mad King Geo...

4 starsI won book 10 in this series 2 years ago and liked it enough that I decided to go back and read more of the series. This book 1 in the series takes place in January, 1811, in London, England. The author uses a familiar formula,i.e., an innocent person is accused of murder and sets out to find the real murderer in order to clear himself. Sebastian St Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is accused of killing Rachel York, a beautiful actress, found dead in a church with her throat slashed so severely that...

This was fantastic! 4.5 stars. I think the series is probably a 5 star one. This Regency period murder mystery was very interesting to me. I know a lot about the Victorian era, but believed that everything I knew about the Regency period came from Georgette Heyer novels.I am British. I studied history. I do not consider myself stupid. I saw 'The Madness of King George' and have visited the Regents Palace in Brighton. I first started reading Jane Austen novels when I was sixteen. Vanity Fair is o...

4.5* London’s cobblestone streets in 1811 are flickering with gas lamps through an endless blanket of yellow foul smelling fog. Inside an ancient church, Rachel York is sprawled across an altar quite dead with her throat violently slashed several times leaving the young woman surrounded by a significant amount of blood. Once the crime scene has been searched, a pistol is found close by belonging to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, placing him at the top of the list as the slayer. Having the r...

I am always a fan of a good historical mystery so I believe I have just found myself a new series! In this first book we meet Sebastian St Cyr, a young man who is good looking, charming, a little bit dangerous and of course rich. The setting is Regency England which is another big plus for me. Add to all this a good, fast paced story, an interesting mystery and several other sympathetic characters and you have yourself an excellent read. Looking forward to the next one.

A young actress is found brutally murdered at the altar in a church and all evidence seems to point to Sebastian St. Cyr, Lord Devlin. It soon becomes clear to him that there are multiple forces at play, some powerful and political, and he goes on the run to investigate the crime to clear his name. This is a well written historical mystery with a strong sense of place and Regency setting. The characterizations are outstanding as all of them have multiple layers and dimensions. We also watch Seba...

Rating: 4* of fiveThe Publisher Says: It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found raped and savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol discovered at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.Now a fugitive runni...