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Murder of a Mermaid

A Redmond and Haze Mystery, Book 11

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Murder of a Mermaid

By: Irina Shapiro
Narrated by: Alex Lee
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The discovery of a young woman’s body drifting down the Thames, her hair adorned with flowers and her legs wrapped in blue silk like a mermaid’s tail, presents Lord Jason Redmond and Inspector Daniel Haze with a puzzling new mystery. Who was she, why was she murdered, and what led the killer to leave her body displayed this way? Was it an act of love, meant to make the victim appear beautiful in death, or was there a more sinister reason?

As Redmond and Haze delve deeper into her life, they learn that the victim harbored shocking secrets and had crossed paths with a feared kingpin of London’s criminal underworld.

Will Redmond and Haze solve the murder before the killer strikes again?

©2023 Irina Shapiro (P)2023 Merlin Press LLC Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Crime Merfolk
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So now we have Miss Marple reading the books!!

This is the eleventh book in the series and I really want to know why Audible can’t actually get a male voice actor.

The protagonists are both male, presumably in their thirties, the story always develops from either Jason’s or Daniel’s perspective, yet the voice over actor is a gentle old lay.
Come on Audible, you can do better!

The woman reading the previous books was boring and not at all engaging, and now we get an older woman who obviously cannot have the vigor of the protagonists.

These books are currently free with my monthly subscription, but even free I’m probably going to drop this series because listening is a pain, rather than a pleasure.

Interesting story, totally unsuitable narrator

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After having listened to all the previous books in the series it was disappointing to have a different narrator this late in the series. I found it difficult to listen to different voices for the characters that I had been listening to, even though the story itself was enjoyable.

Enjoyable Series

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I am sure Alex is a good narrator but she cannot do accents, the American accent was truly awful. It spoilt the story for me.

Spoilt by narration

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I have listened to the first 10 books and enjoyed the stories and narration. I stopped listening after 20 minutes of book 11 as I couldn't bear the new narrator. I bought the book and read it instead! It's a shame as I won't be listening to any more or buying the books (too expensive to get them all).

Good story

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I have been enjoying listening to this series of books, but unfortunately they have now changed the narrator. So far, most of the characters she voices are good, but unfortunately one main character, the American surgeon, Lord Redmond sounds like an American gangster which really jars. I am persevering for the sake of the stories, but may have to switch to reading the books instead.

Good stories, shame about the narrator change

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