Tally By John Dexter In Castle Valley, By Sylvia Nobel

Character Analysis A mystery that is so deep and so complex, that the ones who were involved would do anything to keep it covered up, even kill two reporters and many runaway girls. In the novel Deadly Sanctuary, by Sylvia Nobel a reporter, Kendall O’Dell is taken into a complex conspiracy that could cost her, her life. In Castle Valley, Arizona a reporter went missing after the discovery of two dead teenage girls. This reporter, John Dexter, was always trying to cause trouble, and only wrote about topics that would get someone into trouble. In this mystery, there were some very interesting characters. The most heartfelt character was Tally because despite anything he had gone through in the past he had healed himself, with the help of Kendall,

He had justified reasons for this. His wife had made his life miserable when she was alive, and he blamed his father’s death on himself. When his wife died a piece of Tally when with her, even though he was miserable he managed to restore himself. In the book, he described Kendall as his savior. She gave him that piece back even though they had started out rather rough. “Damsel? Was that how I appeared? Delicate? Weak? Helpless? I squared my jaw. Was it his macho behavior that irritated me, or the fact that I was just burnt out on men altogether?” (pg. 4 Nobel) Kendall had seemed irritated him. Her head strong ways had caused her to be prejudice towards him and only judge what she had seen on the outside, as well as what had happened when they first

Kendall looked a lot like Bradley's (Tally’s) late wife. It had taken a lot of courage to be around someone who looked so much like another person who had caused him so much pain. ‘“I just wanted to say thank you.” “You're thanking me? What for?”’(pg 174 Nobel)’‘“Thank you for being… you.”(pg 174 Nobel) Even though Kendall pushed him for answers on what had happened to his wife, he still thanked her for making him talk about what had happened. Tally kept all of his emotions to himself and was relieved when he had finally admitted them to