Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries ― Two Victorian Holiday Novels

CHRISTMAS COMES TWICE THIS YEAR WITH A PAIR OF DELICIOUS VICTORIAN MYSTERIES SET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.

A Christmas Hope

“Very much recommended . . . a wonderful story.”—Historical Novel Review

Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season. She has nothing in common with her circle of wealthy, status-minded friends, and the only time she is remotely happy is when she is volunteering at a woman’s clinic, a job her husband strongly disapproves of. When she meets a charming poet at a yuletide gala, her spirits are finally lifted—until he is accused of killing a guest, a young woman who is revealed to be a prostitute. Believing he is innocent, Claudine vows to do her utmost to help. But it seems that hypocritical London society would rather send an innocent man to the gallows than expose the shocking truth about one of their own.

A New York Christmas

“A perfect present for [Anne Perry’s] readers.”—RT Book Reviews

Jemima Pitt, the daughter of Thomas Pitt, head of Britain’s Special Branch, is crossing the Atlantic for the first time. Her companion, Delphinia Cardew, is to marry in a grand Manhattan affair that will join together two fabulously wealthy families. But there is a shadow darkening the occasion: Missing from the festivities is Delphinia’s disgraced mother—and the groom’s charismatic brother has asked Jemima to help him find her and forestall the scandal that would surely follow if the prodigal parent turned up at the wedding. From Hell’s Kitchen to Fifth Avenue, the Lower East Side to Central Park, Jemima trudges through snowy streets, asking questions but getting few answers—and never suspecting that she is walking into mortal danger.

Anne Perry is the bestselling author of thirteen holiday novels, as well as the William Monk series and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series set in Victorian England, five World War I novels, and a work of historical fiction,The Sheen on the Silk. Anne Perry lives in Scotland and Los Angeles.