When Gods Die – Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Series – Book #2
I often joke that if I was ever on Jeopardy and the Final Jeopardy category was English Royalty I should just be prepared to be a loser!! When it comes to that category, in the infamous words of Sgt Schultz of Hogan’s Heroes fame, “I know NOOOTTTHHHHING!” But I do know a bit more after reading When Gods Die by C.S. Harris.
When Gods Die is the second historical murder mystery featuring Sebastian St Cyr, Viscount Devlin. Set in Brighton and London in June of 1811, Sebastian is charged with the task of solving the murder of the beautiful Guinevere Anglessey. The young Marchioness of Anglessey was found dead in the arms of George IV, Prince of Wales and from early in 1811 Prince Regent of Great Britain. She had been stabbed with a dagger from the family’s collection, The dagger once belonged to Bonnie Prince Charlie. The quest to find the killer becomes personal for Sebastian, when he discovers that Guinevere was wearing a necklace that belonged to his mother and vanished with her on the day she was lost at sea!! In addition to solving the murder Sebastian is also is thrust into the middle of a plot to overthrow the monarchy!! Needless to say the Viscount Devlin has a lot on his plate. Helping him out are his lover actress Kat Boleyn and his new servant reformed pickpocket Tom.
This is the first book that I have read from C.S Harris and one of the few historical novels I have read in recent memory and I can tell you it will not be my last! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was a real page-turner and I love both Sebastian and Kat!!
Bottom Line: When Gods Die was a 4 to 5 star book for me I really, really liked it! The plot was well-developed and kept me guessing who the killer was until the very end of the book. I will be going back and reading book one of the series What Angels Fear.I need to know what happened in that story when Sebastian was accused of the murder!!
Book 13 of 2015 and Book 2 on a goal of 5 in my Historical Fiction Challenge!