What Darkness Brings

In the gripping eighth installment of the Sebastian St. Cyr series, set against the opulent yet treacherous backdrop of Regency England in September 1812, the aristocratic investigator finds himself plunged into a labyrinth of murder, obsession, and occult secrets. Heart-sick after a personal tragedy, Sebastian is immediately drawn into a new calamity when Russell Yates, the dashing husband of his former lover Kat Boleyn, is discovered standing over the corpse of wealthy gem dealer Benjamin Eisler. With Yates facing certain execution, Sebastian, for Kat's sake, vows to unmask the true killer. Eisler, a man with powerful clients ranging from the Prince Regent to Napoleon, also harbored dangerous secrets, including a fixation on arcane texts and black magic. Central to the case is a magnificent blue diamond, a relic believed to have once been part of the French crown jewels, which vanished the night Eisler died. As Sebastian traces the diamond's dark history, he uncovers links to a powerful financier and the bloody days of the French Revolution. The investigation strains his new marriage to Hero, as the shadows of his first love loom large and he suspects Kat herself is hiding crucial information, forcing Sebastian to confront a bitter truth about his own guarded past.