Book Shopping, Day Two
For everyone on your list who loves historical fiction, C.S. Harris has been thoughtful enough to provide What Remains of Heaven, a new Sebastian St. Cyr novel, just in time for the holidays. Full disclosure: I haven’t read it yet, but a) I loved the previous books in the series, b) the reviews are stellar and c) I’m saving it so I have something to say when the Broadcasting Legend™ asks me (usually on Christmas Eve), “What do you want for Christmas?”
From Publisher’s Weekly: “Long-festering family secrets, treachery and worse threaten Sebastian St. Cyr in Harris’s addictive fifth Regency-era mystery starring the dashing soldier-turned-sleuth.” From Romantic Times: “From dissolute and disillusioned to insightful and probing, Sebastian St. Cyr … has evolved into a fascinating and effective detective as he moves stealthily among the ton to investigate murders in London’s upper echelon.” From Library Journal (a starred review): “Harris combines all the qualities of a solid Regency in the tradition of Georgette Heyer by pairing two strong characters trying to ignore their mutual attraction while solving a crime together.”
Can I hold out until Christmas Day? Or will I succumb to temptation and buy this book for myself? (Offstage cries from the Broadcasting Legend™: “Nooooooooo!”) Only time will tell…
What Remains of Heaven is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books-a-Million, and your favorite independent bookseller.
December 7th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I predict you will succumb to temptation!
December 7th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Hee! Well, maybe. I really want this book. But the poor BL™ is determined to give it to me. On the other hand, if I cave and buy it, he’ll have to fall back on his never-fail, always the right size, always the right color gift: CHOCOLATE!