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"What a good historical mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 23, 2003

In 1715, Lord Gideon St. Mars remains exiled in France, as he is considered an outlaw in England. Though he enjoys his freedom he needs to prove he was not a Jacobite murderer (see THE BIRTH OF BLUE SATAN). His friend, Hester Kean still resides at Gideon's beloved Read more...

"Court intrigue abounds in this historical sequel!"
Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted March 26, 2003

THE SPIDER'S TOUCH continues the story begun in Ms. Wynn's THE BIRTH OF BLUE SATAN of Gideon Fitzsimmons, Viscount St. Mars who has been wrongly accused of his father's murder, and Mrs. Hester Kean, the impoverished woman who has befriended him. Gideon has escaped to his estate in France to avoid being hanged. Even though Read more...

Second in the award-winning Blue Satan Mystery series, featuring the highwayman Blue Satan and his true-hearted friend Mrs. Kean.

Summary

An outlaw in his beloved England, Gideon Viscount St. Mars (Blue Satan) finds freedom on his estate in France, but he cannot find peace. The Jacobites (followers of the Pretender, James Stuart), anxious to mount their rebellion, request his help.

Exiled in Lorraine and cut off from his adherents, James sends emissaries to tempt Gideon to the cause. The reward will be reinstatement to his father's title as Earl of Hawkhurst. With his own inheritance unjustly taken from him, Gideon has new sympathy for James. He agrees to return to England-to seek out the Duke of Ormonde and discover when the rising will take place.

In London, Gideon finds that Hester Kean has become entangled in a web of Jacobite spies. He warns her of the danger, but when a Jacobite is murdered at the opera, Gideon must choose between his promise to the Pretender and his concern for Mrs. Kean. While Walpole's agents threaten the conspirators, Gideon, as the highwayman Blue Satan, helps Hester solve a mystery that bears all the signs of The Spider's Touch.