"Lesson number one: trust no one..."
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted January 8, 2006
Mystery Amateur Sleuth
Hannah Ives is so real her character just about jumps off
the page. You want to laugh, cry and curse right along with
her. Any questions why she is considered a survivor are
answered in the first several pages. She has strength --
inner strength and the ability to laugh at herself so you
the reader feel very comfortable with her life's adventures.
And boy does she have adventures. In THIS ENEMY TOWN Hannah
Ives is reacquainted with a woman whose accusations forever
changed her life. So once again Hannah has to take a deep
breath and forge ahead. The opportunity arises giving her
the chance to confront this woman and realize that the
accusations had indeed been false. Armed with that knowledge
and sense of relief she is now free to proceed with life and
her remarkable relationship with her husband and the rest of
her family. But once again fate steps in and shakes up her
world. The story takes place in and around the Naval Academy and
introduces the human character of this military institution.
The academic and social activities of the potential
candidates for positions in the armed forces are seen in a
more care free light then usually portrayed in stories.
Hannah gets to meet many of the students as they rehearse
for the academy production of Sweeney Todd. She also
becomes very aware of problems that abound in the academy. Marcia Talley wrote a very tight story involving a murder on
the campus of the Naval Academy. As clues begin to
materialize and the mystery unravels, Talley takes you along
with Hannah as she discovers that appearances aren't always
what they seem -- and people aren't always what they seem to
be. Clues and allegations are plentiful but only the truth
will bring justice.
SUMMARY
Hannah Ives is always ready to support others like herself
who have been through the gauntlet of fear and uncertainty
that a diagnosis of cancer often brings. So when friend and
fellow survivor Dorothy Hart asks for help building sets for
the Naval Academy's upcoming production of Sweeney Todd,
Hannah readily agrees. But it means associating with an old foe -- a vindictive
officer whose accusations once nearly destroyed Hannah's
home life. And when one corpse too many appears during a
dress rehearsal of the dark and bloody musical, Hannah finds
herself accused of murder -- and enmeshed in a web of
treachery and deception that rivals the one that damned the
"Demon Barber." Caught up in a drama as sinister as any that has ever
unfolded on stage, Hannah stands to lose everything unless
she unmasks a killer before the final curtain falls...
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