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A review by dennisfischman
What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris
4.0
I can't put these books down. Once I get started, I rip right through it and start looking for the next one. The Sebastian St. Cyr books are much better written and--especially--edited than [a:Anne Perry|6331|Anne Perry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1447512355p2/6331.jpg]'s William Monk series, with which they share some key elements, and although they're neither as charming nor as enticingly nerdy as the Wrexford and Sloane series by [a:Andrea Penrose|4421201|Andrea Penrose|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1486921694p2/4421201.jpg], they throw more light on the society and politics of the times.
That being said, I have no use for fight scenes. There are at least three fight scenes in every book. I dislike it when a modern female detective like V.I.Warshawski puts herself in danger willy-nilly, and I see no reason to like it any better when a rich man's Mike Hammer like Viscount Devlin does it. Fortunately, they don't last that long. I have got into the habit of flipping ahead to see if he has killed his antagonists this time or merely left them bleeding, and how badly he's hurt, and moving on.
At least Sebastian goes to Paul Gibson to get his wounds bound up, and Paul may be my favorite character of the series.
That being said, I have no use for fight scenes. There are at least three fight scenes in every book. I dislike it when a modern female detective like V.I.Warshawski puts herself in danger willy-nilly, and I see no reason to like it any better when a rich man's Mike Hammer like Viscount Devlin does it. Fortunately, they don't last that long. I have got into the habit of flipping ahead to see if he has killed his antagonists this time or merely left them bleeding, and how badly he's hurt, and moving on.
At least Sebastian goes to Paul Gibson to get his wounds bound up, and Paul may be my favorite character of the series.