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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 show more 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.... show lessTags
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This is the second Marcia Talley I've read. It will probably be the last. It really wasn't worse than the first--which I rated 3 stars--but it wasn't any better, either. Talley comes up with an interesting premise, but she isn't able to develop the plot. At 270 pages, the story could have been well-told in 150.
Book #2 in this series is not available on kindle. This is the third book. The plot took a very long time to gather any momentum. After the murder (no spoiler alert. It is a murder mystery, after all) it finally gained some steam. The over-name & place dropping continues in this book. No one can take a step without stepping on an authentically named, verifiable cross walk, store, or hospital.
I will try one more in the series, but no more unless improvement is evident
I will try one more in the series, but no more unless improvement is evident
mediocre plot
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- Original publication date
- 2001
- People/Characters
- Hannah Ives
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- 41
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.08)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 1
