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The Mermaid Murders

The Art of Murder, Book 1

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The Mermaid Murders

By: Josh Lanyon
Narrated by: Kale Williams
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Special Agent Jason West is seconded from the FBI Art Crime Team to temporarily partner with disgraced and legendary "manhunter" Sam Kennedy when it appears that Kennedy's most famous case, the capture and conviction of a serial killer known as the Huntsman, may actually have been a disastrous failure. The Huntsman is still out there...and the killing has begun again.

©2016 Josh Lanyon (P)2016 Josh Lanyon Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Crime Murder Fiction Romance Suspense

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Superbly narrated which enhances the excellent writing and perfect dramatic characterizations of Jason and Sam in this quirky cop procedural drama. A perfect start to the series. Can't wait for Book 5: The Movie-Town Murders which is due out any time ; there is even a Book 6 scheduled. VERY ENJOYABLE

A fishy tale indeed

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The concept is interesting and well written. The characters are likeable and the narration is good.

Enjoyable Story

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An excellent book I listened to on Audible. What I like is a really good storyline and I was not disappointed. There's a murder and FBI/BAU agents are brought together to work on the crime. Jason West and Sam Kennedy are totally different in characters and areas of expertise. From the start, West is irritated by Kennedy's attitude towards him but as the story moves along things change. Not going to say any more on that because it's a 'must' read/listen.

The narrator Kale Williams is a fabulous voice actor doing justice to both Jason and Sam. I like it when you can tell the difference in the voices of the characters it brings them alive.
Looking forward to Book 2

Murder, suspense and MM romance

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excellent mystery romance will be buying more Josh Lanyon. Narration was superb and voiced the characters well

Shadow of a serial killer on a small town

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Oh boy, I forgot how much I like a good mystery and crime solving novel. And with a M/M action in the mix? PERFECT.

So, this is not your typical romance. The romance is a plus side to the story, but it's not the main focus. With that said, there is a lot of focus on their relationship, the beginning of it, which started with insta-hatred from both sides, it was hilarious really. It's a slow-burn romance, no insta attraction, no insta-love, no insta-sex, so of course I love it! They are so believable together, the build up was great.

But the main story is around a murder. By the title, I thought this book was supernatural Lol It's not of course, and I'm glad. I love the dynamic of our main lead, they were opposites trying to work out some work issues of their past. But neither wanted to work with one another. I does seem cliche, and it is, but the story itself is brilliant. The relationship, the mystery, the characters, all believed and well developed.

Something this book have that made me love more, was the vibe. It was set in a little town, the murders were strange and that feeling of unease, the suspense was palpable.

Kale Williams is a new to me narrator and I'm positive he's becoming one of my favorites. For starters, his voice is so beautiful, soothing, deep. And he has this ability to make the voices so distinct, it amazed me. He speaks a little slow, but I just speed up a few seconds and was good to go. He also does all the right pauses: between a speech and a action for example, he is not running with the narration like some narrators tend to do (which is understandably, when I read to my niece I forgot all the periods and commas Lol)

This audiobook was given to me in exchange of my honest review.

Best MM Mystery I read this year so far

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