Why Kill the Innocent

By: C. S. Harris

Narrated by: Davina Porter

In the newest mystery from the national best-selling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal awaits.

London, 1814. As a cruel winter holds the city in its icy grip, the bloody body of a beautiful young musician is found half-buried in a snowdrift. Jane Ambrose's ties to Princess Charlotte, the only child of the Prince Regent and heir presumptive to the throne, panic the palace, which moves quickly to shut down any investigation into the death of the talented pianist. But Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife Hero refuse to allow Jane's murderer to escape justice.

Untangling the secrets of Jane's world leads Sebastian into a maze of dangerous treachery where each player has his or her own unsavory agenda and no one can be trusted. As the Thames freezes over and the people of London pour onto the ice for a Frost Fair, Sebastian and Hero find their investigation circling back to the palace and building to a chilling crescendo of deceit and death....

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I love this series

If you have read or listened to any of the books of this series you know why I love them. I also love that the writer does so much research to keep the fiction as true to history as she can.

Hero is a hero

This is a very complex story which puts the royal family in a very bad light. Most other books have 'Prinny' as an affable, slightly eccentric buffoon. He is quite different in this story. I wonder if Devlin and Hero ever get tired of people trying to kill them. 🤔

Fascinating

Each book in the St Cyr series has been a fascinating look at history told in a romantic crime based format. I enjoy the author’s notes as much as the story where she reveals the warp and weft of history on which the characters and stories are woven. Nearing the end of the series, and I wonder where this talented writer will take us next.

Another wonderful adventure in Regency London

I have listened to every one of CS Harris' Lord Devlin mysteries and this competes with the best of them.

Thoughtful plot (but not so intricate that it keeps me awake at night), well developed and interesting characters within enough historical framework to make it compelling listening.

Another excellent book in this series.

C. S. Harris is a wonderful writer. Each book makes you crave the next one. And her plots are complicated enough that you can listen to the series again and again. I start the series over for each new book and I find something that I've missed each time.

The narration is wonderful. Every time Davina Porter reads a book her narration is first rate.