by C.S. Harris
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...
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...
Pretty decent murder mystery in 19th century England
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 ...
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...
Easily the best of the series so far. Cannot wait to start the next book in this excellent Regency Era mystery series.
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...