When Falcons Fall

About the book

Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have arrived in this seemingly tranquil Shropshire village to pay their respects to a fallen comrade. However, when the body of a young widow is discovered along the river Teme, the inexperienced new magistrate of the village seeks Sebastian's assistance.

Sebastian soon learns that Emma Chance had been concealing her true identity, and she is not the first attractive young woman in the village to meet a tragic end. Complicating matters further are the schemes of Lucien Bonaparte, the estranged brother of the power-hungry French Emperor Napoléon. Despite being held under strict surveillance by the British government, Bonaparte remains restless, ambitious, and duplicitous.

As the site of a haunting ancient monastery, Ayleswick unveils itself as a sinister and perilous location with a history of violence that may be linked to Sebastian’s own mysterious origins. Confronted by his most formidable adversary to date, Sebastian must confront the depths of malevolence he is willing to embrace in order to defeat a ruthless killer.