• Mermaid

  • Sean O'Brien, Book 11
  • By: Tom Lowe
  • Narrated by: Alex Knox
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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Mermaid

By: Tom Lowe
Narrated by: Alex Knox
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Mermaids. Mysterious, seductive, beautiful. The world has a collective fascination for the myths and illusions of mermaids.

In Mermaid, the line between make-believe and murder evaporates when the body of a young woman in a mermaid tail washes ashore on a Florida beach. Police think her death is an accident, maybe connected to a big-budget movie filming in the area. After another girl, this one working as a mermaid at a theme park, drowns, Sean O'Brien becomes involved because the daughter of his close friend may be the next victim, and O'Brien knows there are no coincidences or illusions when it comes to murder.

©2020 Tom Lowe (P)2020 Tantor

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Good story

The story was good, but I think it is not as good with the new "narrator." He does not narrate. He reads the book. I could have gotten the book from Amazon and had Alexa read it.

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Wow! Changing narrators is hard on the listener, but this change also changed the characters as well.🙁

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The narrator of this book Reads well but as far as now reading a book every character sounds the same you have to break up the characters voice this narrator does not do that as far as reading the story It is very very bland I will not listen to this narrator again

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want the other voice actor back!

narration was poor. no character voices just a guy reading a story. story was good

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Terrible!

The narrator was awful! BRING BACK MICHAEL DAVID AXTELL! The storyline was not up to Tom Lowe's usual writing either! I will not purchase any more audible books with this narrator!

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Mermaid

This is another great book by one of my favorite authors.
The only thing that could have made it better would be if it was narrated by the previous person that did most of the others. I miss hearing Nick’s voice and how he calls Max “hotdog”. Each character their own personality and you knew them as soon as he spoke in their own voice.

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Another good yarn

I didn’t object to the new narrator as much as so many others seem to have, but I must say that I missed Nick’s distinctive Greek-flavored voice. I have listened to the next book (with the same narrator) and he corrected his mistake.

I’m not sure that I like Sean O’Brien being so much in love, but he certainly deserves it, and the relationship is starting to grow on me. It’s very important that Wynona love Max as much as Sean does, and that is a sure thing!

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STORY GOOD BUT.....

As usual, Tom Lowe successfully gave us a good story but changing the narrator was a BIG, BIG, BIG MISTAKE!!! You cannot produce a wonderful series with an extraordinary narrator such as Michael David Axtell and suddenly change to someone that can't offer anything close to what Axtell established. If Alex Knox had been the narrator from the very beginning, there wouldn't be anything to complain about. But with the distinct voices of all the characters that Axtell created, no one, and I do mean NO ONE can step in and replace him. The last two books don't come close to measuring up to the first 10. What a shame!!!!!!! I do hope that at some point in the future, Book 11 and 12 will be re-recorded with Axtell as the star.

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Another Absolute Winner 🧜‍♀️

I got so emotionally involved with this one, I could NOT stop listening. GREAT story . . . and as always, excellent backstory with all of our favorite characters. I did not find the switch in narrators to be such a big deal as the other listeners, I guess I was so into the tale of the young mermaids being murdered that I did not hear the difference as much as everyone else. The growing relationship between Sean and Wynona is also important to me, and I'm looking forward to more in the series to see where that goes. I really enjoyed Nick's description of the mermaid lore and his encounters (although probably spurred on by too much alcohol 😂) as he sailed the seas. Great listen!

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Mermaid Murder Mayhem

With the listening of Mermaid, I am finally up to date on the Sean O'Brien saga. The daughter of one of Sean O'Brien's friends finds the body of a dead woman on the beach. She is wearing a mermaid costume and posed. The death quickly becomes a big story as another victim is found outside of Miami. Suspicion turns to members of a movie called Atlantis being filmed in the area. Since mermaids are part of the cast call and the costumes worn by the dead women come from the film's wardrobe department, there seems to be a definite connection.

The storyline builds to a satisfying climax as Sean finally figures out who the killer is and finds himself in the middle of the action. However, Sean did not really get involved until the last few chapters of the novel as, for the most part, he remained on the sideline along with his marina friends. Quite honestly, there was a little too much philosophical meandering to suit my taste that others may find okay.

The narration is okay but there was a real lack of enthusiasm in the delivery. I cannot quite put my finger on it, but it just seemed monotonous at times. I found myself wanting things to move along partly because of the delivery and partly because of the philosophical meandering mentioned earlier. Again, there is an issue with mispronunciation of Florida names. Previously, it was from a different narrator who could not get the city of Tarpon Springs right, Now, Mr. Knox is guilty of not doing his homework on the correct pronunciation of Pinellas County. It is not Pie Nellas, but Puh Nellas. I should know having lived there for several years.

Overall, a good story, but definitely not at the top of my list for Sean O'Brien novels. Fortunately, since I have already listened to his latest work, Flash of Gold, I know it does get much better. Check out my review on that one.

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