Where serpents sleep : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery
(Book)

London, 1812. The slaughter of eight young prostitutes in a house of refuge near Covent Garden leaves only one survivor-and one witness: Hero Jarvis, reform-minded daughter of the Prince Regent's cousin, Lord Jarvis. When Jarvis quashes any official inquiry that might reveal his daughter's involvement, Hero launches an investigation of her own and turns to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devil, for help. Working in uneasy alliance, Hero and Sebastian follow a trail of clues leading from the seedy brothels and docksides of London's East End to the Mayfair mansions of a noble family with dark secrets of its own to hide. Risking both their lives and their reputations, the tow must race against time to stop a killer whose ominous plot threatens to shake the nation to its very core.