The second in my stash of Christmas tales is Anne Perry's A Christmas Grace. Perry is a very successful historical fiction writer. She has three series on the go. Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (25 books), the William Monk series (15 books) and A World War One series (5 books). I couldn't get into the World War One series, but love the Monk and Pitt series. All are set in England in the 1800's and are mysteries. Perry's dialogue,depiction of society and life and research is impeccable.
For the last 6 years she has put out a Christmas novella, featuring one of the series' characters in a mini mystery at Yuletime.
A Christmas Grace sees Charlotte Pitt's sister Emily off to Ireland to care for a dying aunt who has been shunned by her family. There is secrecy and an unsolved murder in the small village and Emily finds herself involved. Again, redemption is a theme - but hey it's the season. Another good read for a couple of hours on a snowy day.
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The only Christmas-y reads I read this month was Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and an anthology called Santa Baby by Jennifer Crusie, Lori Foster, & Carly Phillips (anthology)
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