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The House on Vesper Sands

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Ratings
Book
52
Narrator
16
Release Date
January 12, 2021
Duration
10 hours 21 minutes
Summary
With all the wit of a Jane Austen novel, and a case as beguiling as any in Sherlock Holmes's casebook, Paraic O'Donnell introduces a detective duo for the ages, and slowly unlocks the secrets of a startling Victorian mystery.



London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O'Donnell's Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress choose to jump out of that window? Why is there a cryptic message sewn into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances?



On the case is Gideon Bliss, a young Cambridge dropout who is in love with one of the missing girls, and his partner Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. There's also Octavia Hillingdon, a young reporter determined to tell stories that feel important despite her employer's preference that she write a women's society column. By turns clever, surprising, and impossible to put down, The House on Vesper Sands peels back the mystery layer by layer, offering in the strange undertow of late nineteenth-century London a startling glimpse at the secrets we all hold inside us.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Sarah K. Feb 2021

Long winded Victorian tale with a twist of fantasy added that amounts to a lackluster story, don’t waste nine hours of your time.

Profile Avatar Carol W. Feb 2022

Great narrator. Stupid Book.

Profile Avatar Yvonne E. Nov 2022

Exquisite command of language and dialogue mastery . Characters were terrifically fleshed out and further brought to life by the brilliant narrative skills . A delightful investment if my time !

Profile Avatar Judi Jeanotte Jun 2022

This wasn't a type of story I normally read but it was highly enjoyable. If there were more stories with the inspector and his Sargent I would read them The narration was good and I was able to keep the characters apart for most of the time, though sometimes the dialect made that difficult

Profile Avatar Anonymous Feb 2022

Well narrated and the text at times is incredibly entertaining. I found the story line an unconvincing mix of mystery and science fiction and the characters are not as well developed as I’d like, but I listened and enjoyed it well enough. Again, hats off to the narrator who put interest into the text that would otherwise have been somewhat flat.

Profile Avatar Razorette Apr 2022

Very good mystery story all the way to the end. I’ll be on the lookout for the authors newest book coming out soon!

Profile Avatar Rachel Horsley Mar 2022

twists! Great narration and totally enjoyable. I would read more of these characters, for sure.

Profile Avatar Michael Hayes Mar 2022

It was an OK mystery with somewhat decent Characters but for some reason it was hard for me to stay interested. I may try the next one in the series to see if it was just me.

Profile Avatar Bonnie M. Feb 2022

Lack luster

The House on Vesper Sands

The House on Vesper Sands

Author: Paraic O'donnell
Read by: Charles Armstrong
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