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Why Mermaids Sing: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery - Community Reviews back

by C.S. Harris
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The Moment Stealer
The Moment Stealer rated it 13 years ago
If I hadn't already been determined to finish this series, this book would have firmly cemented me in. Holy crap, the revelations in this book. The main plot itself was harrowing enough in its content, let alone the way it was slowly revealed to the readers, but then I guess Harris threw up her hand...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 13 years ago
Once I started reading this book, I didn't want to put it down. "Why Mermaids Sing," the third of the Sebastian St. Cyr novels, is full of more twists and turns than a Coney Island roller coaster.The sons of noblemen are being killed, their mutilated corpses left in very public places. The first ca...
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it 14 years ago
Pretty decent murder mystery in 19th century England
Kim Reads and Bakes
Kim Reads and Bakes rated it 14 years ago
I read the first book in this series because I read lots of crime fiction and I love the Regency period. I was somewhat underwhelmed and didn't bother to read the follow up. However, while on holidays recently I decided to give the series another go. This book was an enjoyable read. The characters ...
closedthecover
closedthecover rated it 14 years ago
The book description called this a “puzzling-and disturbing-case” so I was most certainly intrigued and anxious to begin reading.“Why Mermaid’s Sing” begins by describing a series of murders that have taken place in Regency London. Someone is purposely and meticulously murdering and dismembering the...
Jennifer's Books
Jennifer's Books rated it 15 years ago
Easily the best of the series so far. Cannot wait to start the next book in this excellent Regency Era mystery series.
Readin' and Dreamin'
Readin' and Dreamin' rated it 16 years ago
The best book of the series, so far. No doubt.The mystery was absolutely enthralling and very clever. Young men across the city are turning up dead, murdered, in brutal ways. That is one thing they all have in common, another is the connection of their fathers. A connection of a secret that has been...
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