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catmom22's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
5.0
haylnomann's review
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
bponsford's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
mamap's review
3.0
Like the series. 18 years earlier a man is convicted of a murder, sent to Botany Bay, and there he reportedly dies. When his body is found in the Tea Gardens - well. Why would he risk his life to return to England? Questions and Conspiracies ensue.
p 56. "Murder is unseemly. Making certain the killer doesn't get away with what he had done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead - no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."
p 247. "A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matter sis not merely that we see things, but how we see them."
p 56. "Murder is unseemly. Making certain the killer doesn't get away with what he had done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead - no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."
p 247. "A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matter sis not merely that we see things, but how we see them."
kdurham2's review
3.0
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Nicholas Hayes is found murdered very early on in this book and his murder sets off a whole host of dominoes as it was believed that Nicholas was dead and had been for years. His return and murder brings out some long held animosity between quite a few people, but who was mad enough to murder.
This was the first book by CS Harris that I have read and I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me when I compare it to other books in the genre. What I didn't love about the story was the who dun it of it. I felt as though the detective was clunky of sorts and it circled and circled and I wanted to feel as though the detective was just a bit smarter.
Nicholas Hayes is found murdered very early on in this book and his murder sets off a whole host of dominoes as it was believed that Nicholas was dead and had been for years. His return and murder brings out some long held animosity between quite a few people, but who was mad enough to murder.
This was the first book by CS Harris that I have read and I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me when I compare it to other books in the genre. What I didn't love about the story was the who dun it of it. I felt as though the detective was clunky of sorts and it circled and circled and I wanted to feel as though the detective was just a bit smarter.
constantreader471's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars for another enjoyable historical fiction book in the Sebastian St. Cyr series. This is book 15 in the series and I recommend that you start at the beginning, because there are continuing plot developments in Sebastian's personal life throughout the series.
I started reading this series when I won book 10 in a Goodreads giveaway 4 years ago and enjoyed the book so much that I started reading the rest of the series.
In this book, Sebastian, aka Viscount Devlin(the English do love their titles!), is approached by his valet, Calhoun, who asks Devlin to investigate the murder of his friend, Nicholas Hayes. Calhoun has a somewhat shady background. Calhoun's underworld connections have proved useful to Devlin in the past. Devlin agrees to investigate as he has done in each of the past books(not always on behalf of Calhoun). Book 1 was actually a case of Devlin being accused of a murder that he did not commit. In that book, he proves himself innocent by finding the real murderer. Now the authorities are happy to cooperate with him, because of his uncanny abilities to find killers.
Devlin does find the murderer, after many twists and turns in an absorbing plot with well written characters.
I learned something new in this book. "Lascars were Asian sailors who served as seamen on British ships to replace the sailors who tended to die at such alarming rates in the East."
Devlin on murder: "Murder is unseemly. Making certain a killer doesn't get away with what he has done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead-no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."
Thank You Dache Rogers at Berkley for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
#WhoSpeaksfortheDamned #NetGalley
I started reading this series when I won book 10 in a Goodreads giveaway 4 years ago and enjoyed the book so much that I started reading the rest of the series.
In this book, Sebastian, aka Viscount Devlin(the English do love their titles!), is approached by his valet, Calhoun, who asks Devlin to investigate the murder of his friend, Nicholas Hayes. Calhoun has a somewhat shady background. Calhoun's underworld connections have proved useful to Devlin in the past. Devlin agrees to investigate as he has done in each of the past books(not always on behalf of Calhoun). Book 1 was actually a case of Devlin being accused of a murder that he did not commit. In that book, he proves himself innocent by finding the real murderer. Now the authorities are happy to cooperate with him, because of his uncanny abilities to find killers.
Devlin does find the murderer, after many twists and turns in an absorbing plot with well written characters.
I learned something new in this book. "Lascars were Asian sailors who served as seamen on British ships to replace the sailors who tended to die at such alarming rates in the East."
Devlin on murder: "Murder is unseemly. Making certain a killer doesn't get away with what he has done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead-no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."
Thank You Dache Rogers at Berkley for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
#WhoSpeaksfortheDamned #NetGalley
snakeling's review
4.0
A tragic life capped up by a tragic death: it's rare when you feel more and more sympathy for the victim as the investigation progresses. We also get a glimpse of the East India Company, and what we see is as loathsome as expected. Another excellent installment.