Marcia Talley

"Sing It to Her Bones"




She lost her job. She almost lost her life. 

Now Hannah Ives is taking her first brave steps back into the world, wearing a wig and her heart on her sleeve after a frightening bout with breast cancer. 

But in the small Chesapeake Bay town where she came for a vacation, she does not find the relaxation she deserves. 

Instead Hannah finds a body—of a girl who disappeared eight years before.


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“A Quiet Death” 




Hannah is returning from a charity luncheon in Washington, DC, when her train is involved in a horrific crash. 

 Although her arm is broken, she remains at the side of her critically injured seat-mate until help arrives—but when she is later discharged from hospital, she finds herself in possession of the man’s distinctive bag. 


Her efforts to return it soon set in motion a chain of events that put her life in grave danger. 


"All Things Undying"

Hannah is stunned when a stranger stops her on the street to deliver a message from her long-dead mother. 

Susan Parker, Hannah learns, is a popular television medium whose accurate predictions leave fans and critics alike puzzled and intrigued. 

In spite of her skepticism, Hannah schedules a private reading. But on the morning they are to meet, Susan is struck by a hit-and-run driver. 


An accident? Hannah doesn’t think so—especially when she discovers that more
than one person had good reason to want Susan dead…

"Dark Passage"

Hannah, her sisters and 14-year-old niece Julie set sail from Baltimore on a bonding cruise, and have a dramatic first night when Pia Fanucci, a bubbly bartender magician’s assistant whom Hannah befriends, narrowly escapes injury during an illusion. 

But while Pia may make light of the incident, it’s no laughing matter when Julie suddenly disappears. Has she gone overboard, or is she injured somewhere on the enormous ship?

To make matters worse, Hannah meets David Warren, a grieving father whose twenty-two-year-old daughter vanished without trace from an earlier cruise. 

With claims of a proper investigation proving to be an illusion too far, Hannah teams up with David and Pia in desperation. Can they see through the ship’s smoke and mirrors to reveal the identity of a dangerous sea-faring predator?

"The Last Refuge"


Lights, camera, murder . . . who wrote dying into Hannah Ives’ script?- 

It doesn't take much arm-twisting to persuade Hannah Ives to join the 12-strong cast of Patriot House, 1774, a reality show recreating eighteen-century colonial life during the turbulent days leading up to the American Revolution. 

But when Hannah befriends Amy Cornell, a maid on set and the young widow of a Navy SEAL off it, and the crew’s dance master is found murdered, events away from the camera become just as dramatic as those on it . . .




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