C. S. Harris

23 fiction

C. S. Harris is the pen name of American historian and novelist Candice Proctor, best known for the Sebastian St. Cyr historical mysteries. She holds a doctorate in nineteenth-century European history and has written more than thirty novels, including historical romances under her own name and contemporary thrillers as C. S. Graham. Her academic background informs the political detail, social history and international tensions that shape her fiction, particularly her treatment of Britain during the Regency and Napoleonic periods.

The Sebastian St. Cyr series begins with What Angels Fear, set in London in 1811. Its protagonist, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is an aristocratic former cavalry and intelligence officer whose experiences in the Napoleonic Wars have left him psychologically scarred. His murder investigations expose corruption among ministers, royalty and the aristocracy while also exploring poverty, prostitution, child exploitation and life in London’s poorer districts. Harris combines intricate mysteries with continuing stories involving Sebastian’s wife, the reform-minded Hero Jarvis, his disputed parentage and the political manoeuvring surrounding the Prince Regent. She has also written the standalone historical novel Good Time Coming, a coming-of-age story set in Louisiana during the American Civil War.

Periods and events

Abolitionism and American Slavery Georgian London Late Georgian Reform Era Waterloo Campaign Bourbon Restoration in France Napoleonic Era Regency Era Georgian Crime and the Bloody Code Abolition Movement in Britain French Revolution Stuart Period

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by C. S. Harris (1 series)

Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery in Order

by C. S. Harris 22 books 4.3

The Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries follow Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a former cavalry officer and intelligence agent who investigates murders in Regency Britain. Beginning in 1811, his cases carry him from royal palaces and Mayfair drawing rooms to prisons, docks, rookeries and country villages, where violent crimes…