A MARRIAGE, A MADWOMAN, AND A MURDER Young, beautiful Hannah Nicoli lives with her two small children and her loving husband in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood. A successful magazine writer, she seems to have it all. But Hannah feels time passing her by; she doesn't fully trust her husband; her "bad emotional stock" diminishes her sense of self. Hannah sets out to record the facts of her life in the hope of discovering the shape of her identity. Then, as though called up from the Hades of her past, "a ghost sat down for a rest on Hannah's life." In this engrossing tale of modern life, Gloria Nagy paints a searing, hilarious portrait of her city, a Candy Land whose allure can be poison to those who don't look to the core. She skillfully combines satire and suspense as she creates vibrant, unforgettable characters whose lives-in some measure-echo our own.