Why Mermaids Sing
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When the grisly remains of Alfred, Lord Stanton's eldest son are discovered in the Old Palace Yard beside the House of Lords, the local magistrate turns to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help.
Ranging from the gritty world of Thames-side docks to the luxurious drawing rooms of Mayfair, Sebastian finds himself confronting his most puzzling—and disturbing—case yet. With the help of his trusted allies—young servant Tom, Irish doctor Paul Gibson, and his lover Kat Boleyn—Sebastian struggles to decipher a cryptic set of clues that link the scion of a banking family to the son of a humble Kentish vicar.
For as one killing follows another, Sebastian discovers he is confronting a murderer with both a method and a purpose to his ritualized killings, and that the key to it all may lie in the enigmatic stanzas of a haunting poem...and in a secret so dangerous that men are willing to sacrifice their own children to keep the truth from becoming known.
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C. S. Harris. (2007). Why Mermaids Sing. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)C. S. Harris. 2007. Why Mermaids Sing. Penguin Publishing Group.
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MLA Citation (style guide)C. S. Harris. Why Mermaids Sing. Penguin Publishing Group, 2007.
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When the grisly remains of Alfred, Lord Stanton's eldest son are discovered in the Old Palace Yard beside the House of Lords, the local magistrate turns to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help.
Ranging from the gritty world of Thames-side docks to the luxurious drawing rooms of Mayfair, Sebastian finds himself confronting his most puzzling—and disturbing—case yet. With the help of his trusted allies—young servant Tom, Irish doctor Paul Gibson, and his lover Kat Boleyn—Sebastian struggles to decipher a cryptic set of clues that link the scion of a banking family to the son of a humble Kentish vicar.
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September 3, 2007
While appending a serial killer plot line to a historical setting is nothing new, Harris imbues what could be an overdone and tired narrative device with refreshing novelty, making his third Regency-era whodunit (after 2006's When Gods Die
) a triumph. Sebastian St. Cyr, an unconventional nobleman with a talent for detection, is called in by Westminster chief magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy after two scions of the upper classes are found butchered and left on public display. St. Cyr soon finds a connection between the killer's calling card and a John Donne poem. As shadowy figures threaten and the parents of the victims display an inappropriate hostility to his efforts, the sleuth doggedly persists, uncovering a secret with shocking repercussions for London's upper class. Neatly meshing the page-turning whodunit plot with major developments in St. Cyr's love life, Harris shows every indication of assuming the mantle of the late Bruce Alexander as a reliable producer of quality period mysteries.
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Starred review from October 1, 2007
Someone is brutally murdering the sons of the wealthy and aristocratic families of Regency London. Sebastian St. Cyr ("When Gods Die") is asked to unveil the perpetrator but does not realize that the case has its roots in the past and that his investigation will impact his personal life. Harris captures the Regency era beautifully while providing the reader with a flawlessly constructed mystery. Highly recommended for all mystery collections. Harris lives in New Orleans. [See Prepub Mystery, "LJ" 7/07.]Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, former spy and amateur sleuth, has had a very busy year. In his third novel(following What Angels Fear, 2005, andWhen Gods Die, 2006) set in 1811, someone is butchering the sons of prominent men in London and filling their cadaverous mouths with bizarre objects. Stymied authorities call on the Regency periods best forensic psychologist, St. Cyr, who has a tough time finding a link between the disparate victims families. He does, however, identify the John Donne poem Song as the symbolic origin of the objects found on the bodies, and after three deaths, he knows who the next victim will be. Unfortunately, this poetic link to the killers motive may elude most readers. Despite Sebastians adventurous hard living, various social entanglements, and prodigious Holmesian intellect, he seems flat next to secretive, seductive Kat Boleyn, who plays only a minor role in the story. Fans of the more politically intriguing previous book may be disappointed, but those who relish gruesome murders in the style of The Dante Club or The Alienist will find plenty upon which to chew.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)
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