Tomorrow's Vengeance
by Marcia Talley
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Pub Date 1 Sep 2014 | Archive Date 12 Aug 2014
Severn House Publishers | Severn House
Description
While at Calvert Colony, a life care community centre in Maryland, and at lunch with her friend, retired mystery author and amateur painter L.K. 'Naddie' Bromley and her neighbour Sophia Milanesi, who survived the closing years of the Second World War in a convent in Italy, Hannah meets Filomena Buccho, a personable young Argentine server. Her brother, Raniero, also works at the Colony as chef. But when Masud Abaza and his wife, Safa, move into the community and Masud is found murdered, his head bashed in by a croquet mallet, suspicion falls on Raniero, who has made no secret of his neo-Fascist sentiments. Hannah and Naddie agree to investigate, uncovering old crimes and reigniting ancient quarrels that know no boundaries of place or time.
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| ISBN | 9780727883643 |
| PRICE | US$27.95 (USD) |
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Tomorrow's Vengeance: A Hannah Ives Mystery By Marcia Talley Severn Press September 2014 Review by Cynthia Chow
Maryland's Calvert Colony retirement community is the unlikely setting for murder, sex scandals, racial tensions, art theft, and the resonation of war crimes in the new mystery featuring Hannah Ives. Neither Hannah nor her naval academy professor husband have plans to retire just yet, but her good friend and famously successfully mystery author Natalie Smith Gray is an investor in the new community and she lures Hannah into touring their gourmet restaurant and elegant facilities. Among the attractions that include a wifi library, golf course, and bowling alley is the memory unit, where Hannah becomes a volunteer helping Alzheimer's patients retain what they have and adjust into whom they have become.
What Hannah did not expect to encounter was a resident who skypes with her boy toy Match.com boyfriend, a Don Juan retired colonel who buys Viagra in bulk, or a young Muslim resident whose older Parkinson's inflicted husband incurs post 9/11 suspicion in a community whose members already may not have yet accepted more politically correct attitudes. When a series of confrontations escalate in murder Hannah is unable to sit idly by as she discovers the many histories, tragedies, and entanglements within Calvert Colony.
As the extreme cougar Christine McSpadden laments to her daughter-in-law, "The tragedy of getting old is that I'm a young person in an old person's body." Retirement doesn't mean that any of the past emotions, pain, or resentments have been erased even if some of the memories have faded. Talley creates a very original Romeo and Juliet dilemma an Alzheimer's afflicted woman engages in a very sexual relationship with a man she believes to be her husband. I've been in love with this series since 1999's award-winning "Sing it to Her Bones," and in this thirteenth of the series Hannah has lost none of her strength, humor, or sharp wit as the breast cancer survivor protects her friends while continuing to support her children and grandchildren. Strong writing, a very modern plot, and a truly surprising ending all make this a continually enjoyable and very satisfying series.
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