A review by welktickler
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

3.0

All the clichés of the genre are in here. It is like crime fiction bingo. Angry senior police officer that doesnt like the main character, the journalist that is nasty and hinders the process, the 'will they wont they' romance that will likely drag on for at least 10 books despite being spent and boring by the end of book one, being book one the crimes are of course linked to the main character, a kidnap of a main character, ............... I could go on but you get the idea.
That aside the book is badly written but the plot is actually quite good. I will read a few more and see if they improve.