Hannah Ives Mystery Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Sing It To Her Bones | 1999 | Buy |
| Unbreathed Memories | 2000 | Buy |
| Occasion of Revenge | 2001 | Buy |
| In Death’s Shadow | 2004 | Buy |
| This Enemy Town | 2005 | Buy |
| Through the Darkness | 2006 | Buy |
| Dead Man Dancing | 2008 | Buy |
| Without a Grave | 2009 | Buy |
| All Things Undying | 2010 | Buy |
| A Quiet Death | 2011 | Buy |
| The Last Refuge | 2012 | Buy |
| Dark Passage | 2013 | Buy |
| Daughter of Ashes | 2014 | Buy |
| Tomorrow’s Vengeance | 2014 | Buy |
| Footprints to Murder | 2016 | Buy |
| Mile High Murder | 2018 | Buy |
| Tangled Roots | 2019 | Buy |
| Done Gone | 2021 | Buy |
| Disco Dead | 2022 | Buy |
| Circles of Death | 2024 | Buy |
The Hannah Ives Mystery series, written by Marcia Talley, follows amateur sleuth Hannah Ives through twenty novels set in Maryland. Starting with Sing It To Her Bones (1999), Hannah — a breast cancer survivor living in Annapolis — has a knack for stumbling into murder investigations. The series has run for twenty-five years through Circles of Death (2024).
Hannah’s breast cancer diagnosis in the first book shapes her outlook throughout the series. She is not a professional detective, but her curiosity and her connections in the Annapolis community keep pulling her into cases. The books are set in and around the Chesapeake Bay area, giving the series a strong sense of place.
Marcia Talley has won the Agatha Award for her short fiction. The Hannah Ives novels are cozy mysteries that balance murder investigations with Hannah’s family life, her recovery, and her relationships. Readers who enjoy Sue Grafton or Diane Mott Davidson will find a similar warmth in these books. The series is best read in order since Hannah’s personal life develops across the twenty novels.