Why Mermaids Sing, Audio Book

Why Mermaids Sing, Audio Book (2007/2015) C.S. Harris narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr)

Set in England in 1811.

Several young men have been found dead, their bodies mutilated. As several are from prominent families who refuse to speak to the police, Sir Henry Lovejoy begs Sebastian for help.

If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to start reading the new (to me) books in the fall.

I will admit, I had forgotten how disturbing some elements of these stories are. But it’s not in your face scarry horror, just the horror of things humans can do to each other when blinded by hate.

Go and catch a falling star
by John Donne
Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the devil’s foot,
Teach me to hear mermaids singing,
Or to keep off envy’s stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.

If thou be’st born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return’st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear,
No where
Lives a woman true, and fair.

If thou find’st one, let me know,
Such a pilgrimage were sweet;
Yet do not, I would not go,
Though at next door we might meet;
Though she were true, when you met her,
And last, till you write your letter,
Yet she
Will be
False, ere I come, to two, or three.

Characters: Sebastian St. Cyr (Devlin), Sir Henry Lovejoy, Kat Boleyn, Tom, Alistair St. Cyr (Hendon), Paul Gibson, Charles Lord Jarvis, Amanda Wilcox, Hero Jarvis, Henrietta Dowager Duchess of Claiborne, Lord Stanton, Sir Humphrey Carmichael, Captain Peter Quail, Reverend William Thornton, Dr. Aaron Newman, Captain Edward Bellamy, Felix Atkinson, Brandon Forbes, Matt Parker, Russell Yates

Publisher: Recorded Books

Rating: 8/10

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