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Hannah Ives Mystery #6
Through the Darkness
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 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 . . .
- GenresMystery
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 29, 2006
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About the author
Marcia Talley
66 books54 followersMarcia Talley is the Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of DEAD MAN DANCING and six previous mysteries featuring amateur sleuth, Hannah Ives who, like the author, is a breast cancer survivor.
Marcia is author/editor of two star-studded collaborative novels, NAKED CAME THE PHOENIX and ID 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 including With Love, Marjorie Ann and Safety First, both Agatha award nominees, and the multi-award-winning Too Many Cooks, a humorous retelling of Shakespeares Macbeth from the viewpoint of the three witches. A recent story, Driven to Distraction won the Agatha Award, was nominated for an Anthony, and was reprinted in THE DANGEROUS BRIDE AND 21 OF THE YEARS FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES.
Marcia is immediate past president of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, serves as Secretary for Sisters in Crime National, and is on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. She divides her time between Annapolis, Maryland and an antique sailboat in the Bahamas.
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Marcia is author/editor of two star-studded collaborative novels, NAKED CAME THE PHOENIX and ID 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 including With Love, Marjorie Ann and Safety First, both Agatha award nominees, and the multi-award-winning Too Many Cooks, a humorous retelling of Shakespeares Macbeth from the viewpoint of the three witches. A recent story, Driven to Distraction won the Agatha Award, was nominated for an Anthony, and was reprinted in THE DANGEROUS BRIDE AND 21 OF THE YEARS FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES.
Marcia is immediate past president of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, serves as Secretary for Sisters in Crime National, and is on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. She divides her time between Annapolis, Maryland and an antique sailboat in the Bahamas.
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November 25, 2012
Not one of my favorite Marcia Talley books and not one of my favorite "cozy" mysteries.
The title refers to a child's bedtime prayer and has implications for the heinous crime that the book uses as it's premise - a child abduction.
Unfortunately, a lot of the book is taken up with the minutiae people go through once a child has been taken. While it may be interesting and it may even help those who face these types of horrific circumstances themselves, it does nothing to move the story along. In fact, it slows it down.
Eventually, the book meanders into the siting of the child and "the chase" to finally retrieve the baby and reunite it with it's mother who also happens to be the daughter of Hannah Ives, the main protagonist in the Marcia Talley mysteries.
There are also a couple of subplots involving Internet safety for children and pedophilia, in general, as well as spiritual crisis with a local minister/friend.
Maybe it's my distaste for the subject matter but I really felt that Marcia Talley was trying to weave too many topics together and then be able to tie it up in a nice little bow at the end.
Tie it up, she did. The last 50 pages were almost an afterthought: "Oh, I better put together a happy ending in a hurry!" Unbelievable coincidences. Bizarre back stories of characters.
It was a quick and easy read if somewhat unsettling. It was OK. If you like mysteries with a lot of family angst and loosely developed subplot, this book is for you.
The title refers to a child's bedtime prayer and has implications for the heinous crime that the book uses as it's premise - a child abduction.
Unfortunately, a lot of the book is taken up with the minutiae people go through once a child has been taken. While it may be interesting and it may even help those who face these types of horrific circumstances themselves, it does nothing to move the story along. In fact, it slows it down.
Eventually, the book meanders into the siting of the child and "the chase" to finally retrieve the baby and reunite it with it's mother who also happens to be the daughter of Hannah Ives, the main protagonist in the Marcia Talley mysteries.
There are also a couple of subplots involving Internet safety for children and pedophilia, in general, as well as spiritual crisis with a local minister/friend.
Maybe it's my distaste for the subject matter but I really felt that Marcia Talley was trying to weave too many topics together and then be able to tie it up in a nice little bow at the end.
Tie it up, she did. The last 50 pages were almost an afterthought: "Oh, I better put together a happy ending in a hurry!" Unbelievable coincidences. Bizarre back stories of characters.
It was a quick and easy read if somewhat unsettling. It was OK. If you like mysteries with a lot of family angst and loosely developed subplot, this book is for you.
July 9, 2007
Good mystery writer that use to be my next door neighbor! What's great about her books is that all her books take place in Annapolis. This book has the young couple living in Hillsmere!
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