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Where Shadows Dance Mass market paperbound - 2012
by Harris, C. S
Sebastian St. Cyr finds himself in the realm of international intrigue when he investigates the murder of a foreign office diplomat--a murder his reluctant bride-to-be, Hero Jarvis, knows something about.
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Details
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Title
Where Shadows Dance
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Author
Harris, C. S
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Binding
Mass Market Paperbound
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Edition
First Thus
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Condition
Used - Very Good
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Pages
368
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York
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Date
2012-03-06
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Features
Price on Product - Canadian
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Bookseller's Inventory #
15491379-6
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ISBN
9780451233950 / 0451233956
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Weight
0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
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Dimensions
6.78 x 4.25 x 0.99 in (17.22 x 10.80 x 2.51 cm)
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Ages
18 to UP years
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Grade levels
13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
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Library of Congress subjects
Mystery fiction, Historical fiction
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2010040930
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Dewey Decimal Code
FIC
Summary
The “rich period detail [and] riveting action”* C.S. Harris delivers in her Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series reaches new heights as the aristocratic sleuth navigates dangerous political waters to bring a murderer to justice…
Regency London: July 1812. How do you set about solving a murder no one can reveal has been committed?
That’s the challenge confronting C.S. Harris’s aristocratic soldier-turned-sleuth Sebastian St. Cyr when his friend, surgeon and “anatomist” Paul Gibson, illegally buys the cadaver of a young man from London’s infamous body snatchers. A rising star at the Foreign Office, Mr. Alexander Ross was reported to have died of a weak heart. But when Gibson discovers a stiletto wound at the base of Ross’s skull, he can turn only to Sebastian for help in catching the killer.
Described by all who knew him as an amiable young man, Ross at first seems an unlikely candidate for murder. But as Sebastian’s search takes him from the Queen’s drawing rooms in St. James’s Palace to the embassies of Russia, the United States, and the Turkish Empire, he plunges into a dangerous shadow land of diplomatic maneuvering and international intrigue, where truth is an elusive commodity and nothing is as it seems.
Meanwhile, Sebastian must confront the turmoil of his personal life. Hero Jarvis, daughter of his powerful nemesis Lord Jarvis, finally agrees to become his wife. But as their wedding approaches, Sebastian can’t escape the growing realization that not only Lord Jarvis but Hero herself knows far more about the events surrounding Ross’s death than they would have him believe.
Then a second body is found, badly decomposed but bearing the same fatal stiletto wound. And Sebastian must race to unmask a ruthless killer who is now threatening the life of his reluctant bride and their unborn child.
* The New Orleans Times-Picayune
From the publisher
C.S. Harris graduated with a degree in Classics before earning a Ph.D. in European history. A scholar of the French Revolution and 19th-century Europe, she has lived in Europe and various far-flung parts of the old British Empire. She now lives in New Orleans with her husband, a retired Army Intelligence Officer, and two daughters.
Media reviews
Praise for the Sebastian St. Cyr Series
"Best historical thriller writer in the business! Sebastian St. Cyr is…uncannily clever, unwaveringly reserved, and irresistibly sexy. The entire series is simply elegant.” --New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner
“Deftly combines political intrigue, cleverly concealed clues and vivid characters.”
--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“A crescendo of suspense and surprise.” –Library Journal (Starred Review)
“Thoroughly enjoyable…kept me enthralled.” –Deanna Raybourn
“A ripping read...captivated me to the final page.” –Will Thomas
“Harris crafts her story with the threat of danger, hints of humor, vivid sex scenes, and a conclusion that will make your pulse race.” –The New Orleans Times-Picayune
“Harris delves deep into the mores of Regency England…” –Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
About the author
C. S. Harris is the national bestselling author of more than two dozen novels, including the Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, featuring Where the Dead Lie, When Falcons Fall, Who Buries the Dead, Why Kings Confess, and What Darkness Brings; as C. S. Graham, a thriller series coauthored by former intelligence officer Steven Harris; and seven award-winning historical romances written under the name Candice Proctor.
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