The cursed gold was made into a beautiful pocket watch, La Sirène, with a mermaid on its case and words etched on its opposite side that translate as “I am the only master of my time.” The reader may question who the “I” refers to in this, whether that’s the watch’s owner, the watch’s original creator, or the watch itself. Not just because the elder Vautour stole from the church, and was cursed for it by the priest he tortured, but because the church, in its turn, as it did, stole the gold from the religions that held sway in the Americas before they arrived to “convert the heathens”. And in the case of Vautour père, in the gold that the churches had attempted to hide. There was a war – there was always a war – and the freebooters didn’t get paid for the “work” they did in Cartagena. The watch, and the curse on it, originated with freebooter Vautour’s infamous father, also a freebooter. We begin following La Sirène in Italy in 1733, although the watch has already acquired a storied – and checkered – history by that point, as has the man who carries her into Portofino. That watch, La Sirène, links the four novellas that make up The Deadly Hours, as the watch’s story is taken up by four different authors as it surfaces in four completely different eras. It’s not so much the hours that are deadly, as the watch that counts them as it passes from one dead hand to another, carrying disaster and destruction on its way. Christine Trent – author of the Lady of Ashes Victorian mystery series. Cyr Regency mystery series.Anna Lee Huber – award-winning author of the national bestselling Lady Darby Mysteries.
Harris – bestselling author of the Sebastian St. This outstanding collaboration of authors includes:Susanna Kearsley – New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of compelling time slip fiction.C.S. The characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing a key role in breaking the curse and destroying the watch once and for all.įrom 1733 Italy to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in 1870 London, and a lethal game of revenge decades later, the watch touches lives with misfortune, until it comes into the reach of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good.
Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Ī stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time wreaking havoc from one owner to another. Published by Poisoned Pen Press on September 1, 2020 Genres: historical fiction, historical mystery, romantic suspense Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweissįormats available: paperback, ebook, audiobook The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S.
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