Murder and the Mermaid: A riveting 1920s historical cozy mystery

Written by L.B. Hathaway

Narrated by Clare Wille

Sometimes the truth is as slippery as a mermaid...

December, 1925

A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends; Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon.

Summoned to ‘The Mermaid’, an ancient hotel in Rye, on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with her husband, Richard, finds her friend in a real state.

Rufus has been promised answers about his missing wife, Dolly, but instead there’s simply a bizarre string of events: a priceless car mysteriously driven off a cliff; a missing Frenchman, and telegrams from men who simply don’t exist. While Richard Lovelace, Chief Commissioner of New Scotland Yard, tries to work out if Rufus himself is the target of a complicated plot, Posie has her own investigations to make.

The local tragedy of a missing dancer has been dealt with by county police as an open-and-shut case. But Posie soon discovers it is anything but. And she suspects foul play.

And as the snow falls, and Christmas lights go up, secrets are revealed, and Posie becomes involved in perhaps her most personal case so far. She becomes aware that danger lurks at ‘The Mermaid’, and not just for Rufus.

A murderer is on the loose.

Other books by L.B. Hathaway available as Audiobooks:

'Murder Offstage' (Book #1)

'The Tomb of the Honey Bee' (Book #2)

'Murder at Maypole Manor' (Book #3)

'The Vanishing of Dr Winter' (Book #4)

'Murder of a Movie Star' (Book #5)

'Murder in Venice' (Book #6)

'The Saltwater Murder' (Book #7)

'Murder on the White Cliffs' (Book #8)

'Marriage is Murder?' + ‘Murder in the London Lights’ (Box Set Novellas # 9-10)

‘Murder in Tuscany’ (Book #11)

‘Murder in a Chelsea Garden’ (Book #12)

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Whitehaven Man Press London
• Release date: Feb 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781913531270

Reviews for Murder and the Mermaid

[Sara Moon · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Too much, mostly depressing & what’s the point. I like this series, but this novella was disappointing.

[Mari Melting · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really disliked the previous book in the series so I was very happy to have Posie back in form. It was also good to fill some of her back story.

[Christie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a straight forward story. It was a good insight into the main character’s background.

[Susan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A mystery, but one more steeped in the not quite normal life. Memories, old ghosts from past lives, secret pathways, all combine to muddle the work of local police and the contribution of Posie Parker and Richard Lovelace. Quick wits, and maybe a little help from another plane, work for good. More concerned with Posie's psychological state than previous novels, almost too much so, but still an interesting yarn.

[Judith Blackburn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I hope there will be more Poisy Parker mysteries they are clean and sooo exciting and keep you in suspense ,it's great I want to see more mysteries in the early 1900s to 1950s when life was real and original not like today's more people should know how our ancestors had to live and live to survive and make our world today,
Judy B.