Evgenija Medvedeva Medvedeva itibaren Divochky, Zhytomyrs'ka oblast, Ukraine
Who's getting excited? - this nerd!
The fourth installment in the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries, this book picks up 8 months after book 3 ended. Still reeling from the shocking revelation made at the end of book 3, Sebastian has spent the intervening months in miscellaneous drunken debauchery. This all changes, however, when Hero Jarvis, daughter of the infamous Lord Jarvis, is witness to the murder of eight "soiled doves" at a Magdalene House run by Quakers. Partly to spite Lord Jarvis, partly because he's intrigued at why everyone is in such a rush to cover up the murders, St Cyr agrees to help Hero try and find out the identity of one particular prostitute whom Hero suspected was a lady of Quality fallen on hard times. I liked this one the best yet of any in the series--I think the crime was more convincing, and I liked the way the story intertwined with actual historical events. I also think Hero, Sebastian, and their respective fathers and servants, are more fleshed out as characters in this book, and therefore more interesting!