And then there's the valuable list of Londoners who once spied for Napoleon that Sedgewick was said to be transporting to Charles, Lord Jarvis, the Regent's powerful cousin who also happens to be Sebastian's own father-in-law. Even more interesting to Sebastian is one of Sedgewick's fellow officers, a man who shared Sedgewick's macabre interest in both old English folklore and the occult. His mistress, the neglected wife, and a young governess he seduced all make for compelling suspects. But there are other women who may have wanted the cruel, faithless Major dead. Gibson's lover, Alexi Sauvage, was tricked into a bigamous marriage with the victim. When the mutilated corpse of Major Miles Sedgewick surfaces from the murky waters of the Thames, Sebastian is drawn into the investigation of a murder that threatens one of his oldest and dearest friends, Irish surgeon Paul Gibson.

Cyr, Viscount Devlin, frustrated to find himself sidelined while recovering from a dangerous wound he recently received in Paris. As Napoleon and the forces united against him hurtle toward what will be their final reckoning at Waterloo, the people of London wait anxiously for news as. Cyr must confront an assassin hellbent on revenge and clear the name of one of his closest friends in this heart-pounding new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of When Blood Lies. Both series fans and newcomers will be captivated.' Starred Review 'Harris does her usual superior job of combining a page-turning fair-play plot with plausible period detail.

Betrayal 2 by Lady Harris