The Blood Promise, Mark Pryor
The Blood Promise, Mark Pryor
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The Blood Promise
A Hugo Marston Novel

Author: Mark Pryor

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2017

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.

About Mark Pryor

Mark Pryor is a former newspaper reporter and felony prosecutor, originally from England but now working as a criminal defense attorney in Austin, Texas. He is the author of the Hugo Marston mystery series, set in Paris, London, and Barcelona. Mark is also the author of the psychological thriller Hollow Man and its sequel, Dominic. As a prosecutor, he appeared on CBS News's 48 Hours and Discovery Channel's Investigation Discovery: Cold Blood.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 16, 2014

The Blood Promise is the third book in the Hugo Marsten series and is probably my favourite of the three books so far. 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. Hugo Marsten is a forme......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on January 29, 2021

I did like this book but also had some misgivings with regard to the elaborate plot. It is certainly engaging with many extreme characters and also includes the sad loss of a favorite character. The root cause for the murders in this book are found in the late 1700's or the time of the French Revolut......more

Goodreads review by Rich on February 01, 2017

I wish more books were like The Blood Promise. This book was surprising in so many ways. All the blurbs and accolades that accompany books are often so misleading and frankly, not true. This book had no blurbs, no pages of praise for it and yet it was more enjoyable than 90% of the books I read. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on August 18, 2019

I really like this series. That said, of the three so far, this one had a premise that was kind of thin. That didn't stop Mr. Pryor from writing a great plot, and of weaving the first two books into this one. I admit to crying during one part, and I am very sad that we have lost a character that I r......more

Goodreads review by Amy on February 23, 2014

Beginning in Paris in the year 1795, readers are immediately drawn into this incredible tale as they watch a man sign a letter in blood and then hide the letter in a secret place inside a sailor’s chest. A man soon arrives to take the chest and its contents, leaving the reader to wonder what on eart......more

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