Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris

Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is drawn into the investigation by his valet, Jules Calhoun, an old friend of the dead man. Recently Hayes returned to London with a mysterious young boy in tow-a child who vanishes shortly after Nicholas's body is discovered. Even before his conviction, Hayes had been disowned by his father, and few in London were surprised when they heard the ne'er-do-well had died a convict in New South Wales. Eighteen years before, Nicholas Hayes, the third son of the late Earl of Seaforth, was accused of killing a beautiful young French émigré and then transported to Botany Bay for life. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm summer evening by the brutal murder of a disgraced British nobleman long thought dead. It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe.

Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman convicted of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Slays the Wicked.