The Sirens

‘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

Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English Literature and Law at the University of New South Wales before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Emilia is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative’s Three Month Online Novel Writing Course and was Highly Commended in the 2021 Caledonia Novel Award. Her short fiction has been published in Australia and the UK. She lives in London.