Who Will Remember

Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, Book 20

By: C. S. Harris

Narrated by: Tom Kiteley

The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said.

August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer. Facing the twin crises of a harvest-destroying volcanic winter and the economic disruption caused by the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the British monarchy finds itself haunted by the looming threat of bloody riots not seen since the earliest days of the French Revolution. Amidst the turmoil, a dead man is found hanging upside down by one leg in an abandoned chapel, his hands tied behind his back. The pose eerily echoes the image depicted on a tarot card known as Le Pendu, the Hanged Man. The victim—Lord Preston Farnsworth, the younger brother of one of the Regent’s boon companions—was a passionate crusader against what he called the forces of darkness, namely criminality, immorality, and sloth. His brutal murder shocks the Palace and panics the already troubled populace.

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, learns of the murder from a ragged orphan who leads him to the corpse and then disappears. At first, everyone in the dead man’s orbit paints Lord Preston as a selfless saint. But Sebastian quickly realizes that the man had accumulated more than his fair share of enemies, including Major Hugh Chandler, a close friend of Sebastian’s who once saved his life. Sebastian also discovers that the pious Lord Preston may have been much more dangerous than those he sought to redeem.

As dark clouds press down on the city and the rains fall unceasingly, two more victims are found, one strangled and one shot, with ominous tarot cards placed on their bodies. The killer is sending a gruesome message and Sebastian is running out of time to decipher it before more lives are lost and a fraught post-war London explodes.

©2025 Two Tallers, LLC (P)2025 Recorded Books

Great addition to the series

I love this series and each book is so well written I am never bored with the series!!

The historical aspects of that time.

The narration was over and above one of the best I have listened to. However for me the story of the murder was too all consuming in that so many details were put into a short timeline.

The Newest St. Cyr Mystery Novel

I am always happy seeing a new addition to this mystery series. But first, I loved the narrator, Mr. Kiteley who has a rather soothing voice (I loved the other narrators too, all of them have been fantastic) and has that quality that keeps me wanting to listen. He did a good job of varying the voices of the various characters. Before looking at who the narrator was, I swore he sounded just like one of my favorite Doctor Who actors - Paul McGann - or similar enough, I mistook him for the other actor briefly. He brings his own dimensional depth to the story.

The newest novel in the Sebastian St. Cyr series has not disappointed me. I love all the historical background woven into the story and the small history lecture at the end of the book. It also had me guessing just about to the end who the culprit (s) were. Though one of them really did surprise me.

All I can say is Keep 'em' coming! :)

A MALE NARRATOR!!! YEA!!!

I am so happy that the powers who decide these things finally realized that Sebastian is a MALE and cast a Male narrator. I have waited so long for this. And the narrator they chose is outstanding! If they let Tom Kiteley re-narrate the entire series, I'll buy every one of them, though it may take a few years. The story, as always, is excellent. This is in the top 3 series for me, and I read and listen a lot. I have over 2,500 books on Audible. Please have Tom narrate all the rest of the books to come in this series. Stay healthy Tom!

Fabulous Narrator

Narrator is extraordinary & one of top five I’ve heard in 20+ yrs of listening to audiobooks. Loved the storyline & characters, too!