The Sirens
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3.9 • 31 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Weyward: FOUR SISTERS, SEPARATED BY HISTORY, BOUND BY THE SEA
'Beautiful and magnificent' Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE
'A profoundly moving and rich historical story wrapped up in a contemporary murder mystery’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN
When Lucy arrives at her sister’s house in a wild panic, she doesn’t find the solace she’s desperately seeking – only an abandoned house, in a town steeped in mystery.
As Lucy searches for her sister, instead she uncovers tales of missing men. Stories of women drowned just off the coast two hundred years before. Rumours of their voices on the waves.
Can the voices lead Lucy to her sister – or are they trying to pull them both under?
'I can't wait to see what Emilia Hart writes next' Kate Morton
READERS ARE SAYING…
‘This book is a beauty. A real hidden gem. Beautifully woven storytelling’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘I devoured this book in a few days, desperate to get the next piece of the puzzle’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘There are few reads that leave me completely speechless and this is one of them’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘A truly captivating book’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Emilia Hart's book 'The Sirens' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-02-17.
About the author
Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English literature and law before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Her first novel, Weyward, was an instant New York Times bestseller, the winner of two Goodreads Choice Awards, and has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide. Her latest novel, The Sirens, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, an instant New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America book club pick. Emilia lives in London with her partner, a black cat called Luna and far too many books.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hart (Weyward) delivers a high-voltage tale of family secrets, fantastical occurrences, and Australian history. Lucy, a university student in present-day New South Wales, wakes from a recurring dream about two sisters drowning to find she's sleepwalked into her ex-lover Ben's room and is trying to strangle him. Horrified by her actions, she flees to her older sister Jess's house in the seaside town where their parents once lived, but Jess is nowhere to be found. The town is notorious for the mysterious recovery decades ago of a baby from a nearby cave and the unexplained deaths of several local men. Growing up, Lucy wondered why their parents were so reclusive and why Jess refuses to talk about the past. After Lucy recognizes images from her dreams in Jess's paintings, she reads Jess's diary in search of answers. A parallel narrative set in 1800 follows twin sisters Eliza and Mary, who struggle to survive the cruel conditions aboard a convict ship sailing from their native Ireland to Australia. As Hart connects Eliza and Mary's story with Jess's diary, Lucy's dreams, and Lucy's reason for attacking Ben, the narrative occasionally veers from entertaining to exhausting (story elements thrown into the mix include murder, sexual predators, mystical bodily transformations, otherworldly orphans, and mistaken identities). Still, there's fun to be had with this spooky page-turner.
Customer Reviews
Haunting
Some twists I never saw coming