"The entire series is simply elegant."--Lisa Gardner, #1 New York
Times bestselling author
In this historical mystery from the national bestselling author of Who
Slays the Wicked, the abduction and murder of a young boy takes
Sebastian St. Cyr from the gritty streets of London to the glittering
pleasure haunts of the aristocracy...
London, 1813. One of the city's many homeless children, Benji Thatcher
was abducted and murdered--and his younger sister is still missing. Few
in authority care about a street urchin's fate, but Sebastian St. Cyr,
Viscount Devlin, refuses to let this killer go unpunished.
Uncovering a disturbing pattern of missing children, Sebastian is drawn
into a shadowy, sadistic world. As he follows a grim trail that leads
from the writings of the debauched Marquis de Sade to the city's most
notorious brothels, he comes to a horrifying realization: Someone from
society's upper echelon is preying upon the city's most vulnerable. And
though dark, powerful forces are moving against him, Sebastian will risk
his reputation and his life to keep more innocents from harm...