The Sirens
- Author Emilia Hart
- Narrator Fiona Kennedy, Felicity Rose, Kate Winter
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 13 February 2025
- Run Time 10 hours and 36 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Myths and Legends, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Speculative fiction.
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What to expect
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’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Emilia Hart's book 'The Sirens' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-02-17.
Critics Review
'I gulped THE SIRENS down like it was water... It's a novel about the sea and the strength of women, about love and sisterhood, and an anger that's wild and ferocious and unstoppable. Like the sea, it is by turns bleak and violent, but also beautiful and magnificent. It made me cry in public and not care' Jennifer Saint
'Enthralling, compelling, poignant ... It made me cry on a railway platform' BRIDGET COLLINS, author of The Silence Factory
'Absolutely wonderful. It's a profoundly moving and rich historical story wrapped up in a contemporary murder mystery' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan
'This is one beautiful, brutal slow-burn of a novel' HEAT
'With lyrical prose and rich world-building, this compelling and immersive novel will resonate with fans of magical realism and folklore inspired fiction' GLAMOUR
'Full of allure and brimming with undercurrents of buried secrets... beautifully written and utterly compelling' EVIE WOODS, author of The Lost Bookshop
'What a gorgeous book this is ... Wistful, haunting, drenched in seaweed and a frothy tide, a story about sisterhood and the ocean. Beautiful ... I just loved it' CJ COOKE, author of The Lighthouse Witches
'Evocative and compelling, The Sirens is a deeply layered mystery, and a luminous ode to the sea and sisterhood. Written with Emilia Hart's assured and shimmering prose, the story is as hopeful as it is heart-wrenching' LUCY CLARKE, author of The Hike
'An atmospheric and vivid tale' WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'An absolutely immersive, utterly captivating puzzle box of a novel, both gripping and heart-wrenching. Hart is a gorgeously emotive storyteller - loved it!' ELLERY LLOYD, author of The Club
'A dark, glittering, magical book, filled with the power of women and the swell of the sea. The most immersive story I've read in a long time' CHARLOTTE RUNCIE, author of Salt on Your Tongue
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