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HANGING HANNAH
by Evan Marshall
Kensington Books, May 2000
307 pages
$5.99
ISBN: 1575666634


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Widowed Jane Stuart reluctantly agrees to present a workshop at the Romance Authors Together convention (RAT). A literary agent that has gained some publicity (People Magazine, no less) may be a welcomed addition but she is taking her assistant, Daniel, along with her. Daniel is a major support to Jane, both at work and in a personal sense after the death of her husband. He is going to be married and Jane has found an opportunity to pay back some of his kindness, since his fiancÈe has no family and needs assistance.

Detective Stanley Greenberg revisits in this book (I liked him before in a prior book and continue to do so). He is an unassuming character with great potential for Jane. Unfortunately too often when they meet, someone has just died or been murdered. What a pleasure for them to go out on a date and everyone was still alive at the end of the evening.

One of the most engaging parts of the book for me was Jane's knitting group, also known as The Defarge Club. Comprised of six women, these ladies share their lives with each other. Ginny waitresses and is in a dead-end relationship with Rob. Doris, an older member of the group, does not hesitate to apprise Ginny that she should move along with her life without Rob. Rhoda tries to keep the group in a light mood even though she is in the middle of a divorce from her womanizing husband. Penny lives with a repressive husband and suffers. Poor Louise, she hates this conflict but does host the group of women every other week. She and her husband, Ernie, own an inn and the meetings are set in a cozy atmosphere. Louise has her own troubles at home because Ernie is not such a great guy. The discussion concentrates on what a person should do with a boyfriend and other doom and gloom issues. Thankfully, Jane is able to change the subject when she asks Louise if she can book her son's tenth birthday party at the inn. It sounds like such a great idea but before the cake is served, there is a murder.

Jane will be the publishing agent for one of the hottest singing stars, Goddess. Goddess is writing her autobiography and has the antics of a spoiled brat. There may be more to her than the surface shows. Of course, Winky, the cat plays a prominent role when she helps solve the puzzle. The black and white sketches of Winky throughout the book are endearing and well done.

This series has been a comfortable series for me and I do like the characters. I'm going to start the next book in the series tomorrow!

Reviewed by Rita Ratacheck, October 2002

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