Who Buries the Dead

<b>The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr&#146;s past put C. S. Harris&#146;s &#147;troubled but compelling antihero&#148;* to the ultimate test in this taut thrilling entr&#233;e in the acclaimed national bestselling historical mystery series.</b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br> <b>London 1813. </b>The decapitation of a wealthy plantation owner at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St. Cyr into a macabre and perilous investigation. The discovery near the body of a lead coffin strap bearing the inscription KING CHARLES 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the seventeenth-century monarch. Equally troubling the victim&#146;s kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian&#146;s father-in-law Lord Jarvis who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends.<br> &#160;<br> Working with his wife Hero Sebastian amasses a list of suspects who range from an eccentric curiosity collector to the brother of a brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen. <br> &#160;<br> But as one murder follows another it is the connection between the victims and ruthless former army officer Lord Oliphant that raises the stakes. Once Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific act of betrayal. Now he poses a threat not only to Sebastian but to everything&#151;and everyone&#151;Sebastian holds dear.