- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Dell (Aug 7 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440235200
- ISBN-13: 978-0440235200
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2 x 17.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 154 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,375,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“An adventure of emotional depth and sensitivity, with people so real they must exist somewhere beyond the page.”
— Anne Perry
“A shining new talent ... Hannah Ives tackles life’s ups and downs with humor, intelligence and courage.”
— Deborah Crombie, author of Dreaming of the Bones
“The writing is extraordinary.”
— The Capital (Annapolis)
Also by Marcia Talley
Unbreathed Memories
Sing It to Her Bones
Available from Dell
— Anne Perry
“A shining new talent ... Hannah Ives tackles life’s ups and downs with humor, intelligence and courage.”
— Deborah Crombie, author of Dreaming of the Bones
“The writing is extraordinary.”
— The Capital (Annapolis)
Also by Marcia Talley
Unbreathed Memories
Sing It to Her Bones
Available from Dell
Product Description
The bride thought they’d live happily ever after — until a murderer struck....
The guests were off the wall. The would-be groom was off the wagon. And the bride certainly wasn’t blushing.
Aside from that, it was the perfect occasion: a party for Hannah Ives’s widowed father and the younger woman he had suddenly decided to marry. Then the evening takes a strange turn, with a sudden death and disappearance.
For Hannah, the stunning turn of events came after a Christmas season slide into anger and confusion. First her father had found a floozy who had already buried three husbands. Then her late mother’s jewelry started showing up around the gold digger’s neck.
Now Hannah, who has just put her life together after a bout with cancer, is desperately searching for her missing father. Because this poor man has either made a terrible mistake, committed a terrible crime, or fallen victim to a killer who seized the moment for murder....
The guests were off the wall. The would-be groom was off the wagon. And the bride certainly wasn’t blushing.
Aside from that, it was the perfect occasion: a party for Hannah Ives’s widowed father and the younger woman he had suddenly decided to marry. Then the evening takes a strange turn, with a sudden death and disappearance.
For Hannah, the stunning turn of events came after a Christmas season slide into anger and confusion. First her father had found a floozy who had already buried three husbands. Then her late mother’s jewelry started showing up around the gold digger’s neck.
Now Hannah, who has just put her life together after a bout with cancer, is desperately searching for her missing father. Because this poor man has either made a terrible mistake, committed a terrible crime, or fallen victim to a killer who seized the moment for murder....
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TWO YEARS AGO I DIDN'T THINK I'D LIVE LONG enough to make it to my next chemotherapy session, let alone see my widowed sister-in-law happily remarried. Read the first page
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TWO YEARS AGO I DIDN'T THINK I'D LIVE LONG enough to make it to my next chemotherapy session, let alone see my widowed sister-in-law happily remarried. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hannah Triumphs Again!,
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This review is from: Occasion of Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)
Getting a new Hannah Ives mystery is like curling up for a chat with a really good friend, and Occassion of Revenge exceeded expectations. Marcia Talley has given us a smart, funny, sassy heroine with a uniquely appealing voice, but what makes the series special are the real issues hidden within the humor and fast-paced plot. In Occasion of Revenge, Hannah is still grieving over her mother's death when her father shows up at a family affair with Darlene, an all-too-obivous golddigger. When Darlene is found dead the following day, Hannah must face her father's fallibility, the complicated dynamics of her family, and even the humanity hidden behind the victim's brazen facade.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better and better!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Occasion of Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)
Marcia Talley keeps getting better and better! This is the third book in Talley's award-winning Hannah Ives mystery series, and it may be my favorite yet! When Hannah's father attends a family wedding with his new girlfriend, Darlene, on his arm, everyone is surprised. A few weeks later Darlene turns up at a Christmas party wearing Hannah's late mother's necklace, and uses the occasion to announce that she and Hannah's father are engaged. Needless to say, this is not welcome news. A murder follows and Hannah must discover who at the party took the "occasion" to seek "revenge". I absolutely loved the family holiday setting of Occasion of Revenge -- it takes place between Thanksgiving and New Years' Eve -- and the final chase scene through Annapolis, Maryland during the New Years Eve celebration left me breathless! Although the book is poignant -- dealing realistically with breast cancer and alcoholism, for example -- Talley writes about such serious issues with style and humor. I particularly like the character of LouElla, a daffy lady given to wearing purple outfits and tiaras, who is "crazy like a fox". I laughed and laughed over the garden scene. According to Talley's website, a 4th Hannah Ives mystery is coming next year and I, for one, cannot wait!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific book!,
By Mary Jane Drew (Lima, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Occasion of Revenge (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked this book up because of what one of my favorite authors, Anne Perry, said about it on the cover -- that the characters are so real that they must exist somewhere off the page. Anne Perry is right! From the first page, I couldn't put the book down because I was so caught up in the characters, their relationships and also, of course, with the really terrific mystery!! There must be hundreds of thousands of us who wish we could "bump off" the wicked stepmother. Marcia Talley does it for us -- and more -- in this carefully plotted, beautifully written and, yes, humorous mystery novel. I am going to go out and buy the two previous books in the Hannah Ives mystery series.
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