Dark Passage - (Hannah Ives Mystery) Large Print by Marcia Talley (Hardcover)

About the Book

Hannah, her sisters, and fourteen 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 ships smoke and mirrors to reveal the identity of a dangerous sea faring predator?

Book Synopsis

Hannah, her sisters and fourteen-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?

Review Quotes

Talley's 12th Hannah Ives mystery delivers steady wit, intrigue, and shocks-- "Publishers Weekly"