A Mysterious Review of The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor. A Hugo Marston Mystery.
Review summary: The characters in this mystery are well-drawn and from a reader's perspective, approachable. A 200-year-old sailor's chest is linked in a clever way to a present-day murder as is one of the character's interest in genealogy. All in all, a solid entry in this series and an entertaining read. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Blood Promise
Mark Pryor
A Hugo Marston Mystery
Seventh Street Books (January 2014)
Publisher synopsis: In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history.
Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular senator who is in Paris negotiating a France/U.S. dispute. The talks, held at a country chateau, collapse when the senator accuses someone of breaking into his room. Theft becomes the least of Hugo's concerns when someone discovers a sailor's chest and the secrets hidden within, and decides that the power and money they promise are worth killing for.
But when the darkness of history is unleashed, even the most ruthless and cunning are powerless to control it.
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