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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781574903010 Format: Large Print ISBN: 1574903012 Label: Thomas T. Beeler Publisher Manufacturer: Thomas T. Beeler Publisher Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 2001-01 Publisher: Thomas T. Beeler Publisher Studio: Thomas T. Beeler Publisher Average Rating:
 Rating: - Very satisfyingHannah Ives is an entirely believable character who has had an unimaginable string of bad luck: breast cancer, job layoff, and a husband accused of sexual harrassment. She toughs it out, solving an old mystery in the process. I do have a criticism. Her husband seems beyond saintly when she disbelieves his side of the sexual harassment problem (although, of course, her run of bad luck gives her a good excuse.) Since every other thing about the book makes a good mystery with great main characters ... Read More Rating:  - Strange Inheritance.Marcia Talley, editor, discovers a link with that first collaboration and declares, "We have come full circle." The Phonenix, contrary to the one located on Gay Street, is an upscale spa for the rich and famous. The scene of five murders, this time the characters are all interrelated, which is uncovered in the final chapter. It was all rather convoluted, being the artistic endeavors of thirteen prominent writers, each for one chapter. This is the result of a project to copy the serial novels of the ... Read More Rating: - A good, easy to read, WhodunitThis is an excellent first novel by the author, and the first novel in the Hannah Ives series. I purchased the novel after reading "I'd Kill for That," a round robin mystery edited by the author. The plot is set in a small town in Maryland. Hannah Ives has gone to stay with her sister-in-law. When a body is discovered, an old case is reopened, and suspicion falls on a number of people. Everyone is not as they seem. A lot of information was covered up eight years earlier, and things ... Read More Rating: - RefreshingI found this first novel by Ms. Talley quite refreshing, not the same old murder mystery. Her involvement and subsequent investigation don't seem too far removed from reality. Hannah's experiences with surviving cancer, and the recovery ring true and add a different dimension to her ruminations. Good read, would highly recommend it to anyone! Rating: - A winnerMarcia Talley was the winner of the 1998 Malice Domestic Grant. I am certain when you open the cover and read the excerpt titled, Swan Song, you will instantly take a liking to Hannah Ives. She comes across as an honest, witty, and courageous character. After surviving surgery and treatment for breast cancer, and a job lay-off, Hannah goes to stay with her sister-in-law, Connie, at the family farm near Pearson's Corner, an old fishing community on the Truxton River in Southern ... Read More |
