Every year or so, I try to read a paranormal or fantasy book, which are not my usual genres, to shake things up and get me out of my comfort zone. Death in the Sound sounded like it might be of interest to me, combining an historical period with an exotic locale, New Zealand. However, I wound up putting the book down about a quarter of the way through. I found the beginning to be very confusing--not the paranormal portion of the first chapter, but the subsequent introduction of character after character after character and their multiple points of view. Some of the dialogue left me confused, as if I'd walked into a conversation halfway through, and no one whispered a summary of what was going on to me. I also found it very hard to understand what the Versepellis is/are, their duality (over time and space?), and how they came to be here and now in the world of the book. I've decided that I can give up this self-imposed insistence on stretching my literary leanings every so often by picking up something so completely different. Reading to me is a pleasure, and 60 plus pages of confusion and feeling lost is not a pleasant experience. I defer any review of this book to others who enjoy paranormal and fantasy genres.

I just could not get into this book!
There were multiple prologues, too many characters and overall too much confusion
I really enjoyed the previous book in this series, but this was not my cup of tea

This is an excellent series and I liked this historical mystery with a paranormal side.
It's well written, engrossing and I loved the solid mystery and the fleshed out characters.
The author is a talented storyteller and I want to read other stories written by him.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine