Through the Darkness: A Hannah Ives Mystery (Hannah Ives Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Marcia Talley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hannah Ives Mysteries | Publication Date: August 29, 2006

Cancer survivor Hannah Ives looked Death in the eye . . . and walked away victorious. But the terror she once felt in its shadow pales before the ice-cold fear that now grips her heart in the wake of an unthinkable crime: the kidnapping of Hannah's innocent grandson.

One-year-old Tim vanished from the day care center at the luxurious upscale spa his parents recently opened, and the lack of a ransom note suggests the innocent child may have fallen into the hands of the worst sort of fiend. Hannah will find no peace until the boy is found and his abductor punished—not even taking comfort in the caring words of a dear friend and spiritual advisor whose own life and marriage may be haunted by something dark and sinister. But the hunt may be leading Hannah to places she never dreamed she'd have to go . . .

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About the Author

Marcia Talley is the author of five previous books featuring Hannah Ives. A winner of the Malice Domestic writing grant and an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel, Ms. Talley won an Agatha and an Anthony Award for her short story "Too Many Cooks" and an Agatha Award for her short story "Driven to Distraction." She is the editor of two mystery collaborations, and her short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies. She lives with her husband in Annapolis, Maryland.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Avon (August 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060587415
• ISBN-13: 978-0060587413
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,298,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marcia Talley is the Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of A QUIET DEATH and nine previous mystery novels featuring survivor and sleuth, Hannah Ives.

Marcia is author/editor of two star-studded collaborative novels, NAKED CAME THE PHOENIX and I'D KILL FOR THAT set in a fashionable health spa and an exclusive gated community, respectively. Her short stories appear in more than a dozen collections. A recent story, "Can You Hear Me Now?" is featured in TWO OF THE DEADLIEST: NEW TALES OF LUST, GREED AND MURDER FROM OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF MYSTERY, edited by New York Times best-selling author, Elizabeth George.

Marcia is immediate past President of Sisters in Crime International, serves on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and is a member of the Crime Writers' Association (UK) and the Authors' Guild of America. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with a husband who loves to sail and a cat who doesn't.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book!, August 29, 2006

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Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Through the Darkness: A Hannah Ives Mystery (Hannah Ives Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Marcia Talley has won the Agatha and Anthony Awards. Through the Darkness is the sixth Hannah Ives Mystery.

Hannah Ives is a six-year breast-cancer survivor. But the terror she felt fighting cancer is nothing to the terror she feels following the kidnapping of her one-year-old grandson, Tim.

Hannah's son-in-law Dante Shemansky would prefer to be known as simply Dante. He's a man with big dreams and he has a dream in the making. He's turning a former restaurant into a 20,000-square-foot day spa that is the epitome of luxury. It even boasts a day care center for children that is being readied by Emily, Hannah's daughter.

Right before the opening of the day spa, Hannah's grandson, goes missing from the day care center. Because there is no ransom note, it is believed that a monster has taken the child. Hannah won't rest until she finds her grandson, but her quest may be beyond dangerous.

I enjoy heroines that are middle-aged. It is proof (I knew) that women of a certain age are strong, smart and resourceful. Hannah is all that and more. I intend to read her previous novels.

Armchair Interviews says: Through the Darkness is a page-turner.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting all the way, October 13, 2006

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Susan B. Miller "author of Indigo Rose and Di... (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Through the Darkness: A Hannah Ives Mystery (Hannah Ives Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

The characters really came to life for me and there was never slow page. The dialogue and plot movement--everything worked. But the best was definitely the character development. Hannah Ives is a very real, human, engaging narrator.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful, emotional and engrossing, September 29, 2006

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Marian Burk Wood (www.woodwriters.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Through the Darkness: A Hannah Ives Mystery (Hannah Ives Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Not your typical murder mystery--a baby disappears and a suspenseful drama begins, leading readers through a maze of police procedural activities and taut family emotions. I could not put this book down once the baby was gone. Marcia Talley's done it again! Well written and highly recommended.