Hugo Marsten is a former FBI operative who now works at the U.S. As always, I loved the banter and the wit between the characters, and definitely loved the atmosphere of one of my favourite cities in Europe, la belle Paris.
#Promise of blood review series
The Blood Promise is the third book in the Hugo Marsten series and is probably my favourite of the three books so far. Keeping up with the Senator presents a number of challenges for Hugo, and when he accompanies him to a chateau it becomes a police involved investigation preventing talks to go forward. Hugo is asked to babysit a US senator with presidential aspirations as he arrives in Paris for talks on Guadeloupe. The root cause for the murders in this book are found in the late 1700's or the time of the French Revolution. It is certainly engaging with many extreme characters and also includes the sad loss of a favorite character. Keeping up with the Senator presents a number of challenges for Hugo, and when h I did like this book but also had some misgivings with regard to the elaborate plot. I did like this book but also had some misgivings with regard to the elaborate plot. 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.īut when the darkness of history is unleashed, even the most ruthless and cunning are powerless to control it.įrom the Trade Paperback edition.more The talks, held at a country chateau, collapse when the senator accuses someone of breaking into his room. Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular senator who is in Paris negotiating a France/U.S. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history. 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 un Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life. Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life.