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  • What Cannot Be Said

  • Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries, Book 19
  • By: C.S. Harris
  • Narrated by: Amy Scanlon
  • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (205 ratings)

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What Cannot Be Said

By: C.S. Harris
Narrated by: Amy Scanlon
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A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

July 1815: The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found brutally murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in a chilling imitation of the stone effigies once found atop medieval tombs. Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy immediately turns to his friend Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help with the investigation. For, as Devlin discovers, Lovejoy’s own wife and daughter were also murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in the same bizarre postures.

A traumatized ex-soldier was hanged for their killings. So is London now confronting a malicious copyist? Or did Lovejoy help send an innocent man to the gallows?

Aided by his wife, Hero, who knew Lady McInnis from her work with poor orphans, Devlin finds himself exploring a host of unsavory characters, from a vicious chimney sweep to a smiling but decidedly lethal baby farmer.

Also coming under increasing scrutiny is Sir Ivo McInnis himself, along with a wounded Waterloo veteran—who might have been Laura McInnis’s lover—and a charismatic young violinist who moonlights as a fencing master and might have formed a dangerous relationship with Emma. But when Sebastian’s investigation turns toward man-about-town Basil Rhodes, he quickly draws the fury of the Palace, for Rhodes is well known as the Regent’s favorite illegitimate son.

Then Lady McInnis’s young niece and nephew are targeted by the killer, and two more women are discovered murdered and arranged in similar postures. With his own life increasingly in danger, Sebastian finds himself drawn inexorably toward a conclusion far darker and more horrific than anything he could have imagined.

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I love this series! Never disappoints especially now that one knows the characters and how they evolve

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Character development amazing and addictive

This is one of my absolute favorite series of books—one of my top three, all entirely different. What draws me to a series is my affection and absorption in the characters, although there must also be plenty of plot. This entry in the series has do many interesting threads that until the very last few paragraphs the reader is discovering new twists and getting excited about future disclosures. Write fast please, Ms. Harris. I am on the edge of my seat!

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What a storyteller!

Fabulous performance telling a well written story full of suspense. I couldn’t stop listening. Great!

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Well paced

Historical references added to atmosphere and reader was excellent, good story very believable and interesting

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As Long As She Writes, I'll Read!

This is another great addition to the series. I love that each is a fabulously dark stand alone book, but also a series in that we learn more about the characters history with each new book. C.S.H. books are set in the Revolutionary War, but as I read them, I always feel a faint echo of our present times. I initially felt jarred by the new narrator, but that is just because we are creatures of habit. Once I started listening I realized this narrator is very good. Change can be hard, but to those reviewers that criticized this narrator I say, accept change, wish the previous narrator good luck in her retirement, and sit back for an enjoyable listen to this new great narrator.

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Never Disappoints !!!

This was so good! I do not know how C.S. manages to deliver the most clever plots but I am so happy she does. It took me a few days to adjust to the narrator. Davina created such distinctive characters it was hard adjusting to the new version of Hero and the Duchess of Claiborne. Davina deserves a wonderful retirement . As usual I am eagerly awaiting the next installment. Well Done!

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New narrator!

It took a while to get used to the narrator’s voice and inflections, but the story was compelling. I didn’t guess the killer at all!

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Awesome!!!

I love all of C.S. Harris’s books. This one was just as good. I can’t wait for the next one. I love the history, the love story, and all the adventure of his books. I only wish the books were longer. Hopefully she’s going to continue on with her series.

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The new reader is a welcome change

I love the St Cyr mysteries and thoroughly enjoy the characters and stories. I loved Davina Porter's reading. I didn't enjoy the last audible book but I found this new reader very good!

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Missing Davina

Great story, good narrator and no offense to her but Hero is not the same Hero without Davina.

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