Summary: A Christmas Grace (Christmas Novella #6) by Anne Perry
When the season brings a chill, nothing warms the
heart or elevates the spirits like a new novel by Anne Perry, whom the Chicago
Sun-Times calls "the most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha
Christie." Perry’s gifts are on full display in A Christmas Grace–a
hope-filled tale of forgiveness that is rich with mystery and intrigue.
With Christmas just around the corner, Thomas Pitt’s sister-in-law, Emily Radley, is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt. Leaving her husband and two children behind, Emily makes the long journey to an all-but-forgotten town in the county of Connemara, on the western coast of Ireland. She soon discovers that a tragic legacy haunts the once closeknit community.
Violent storms ravage the coast and keep alive painful memories of an unsolved murder and unsettling fears that a killer may still live among the residents of the lonely Irish town. Determined to lighten her aunt’s heart and help the troubled community, Emily sets out to unmask the culprit. When a lone shipwreck survivor washes up onshore, he brings with him not only the key to solving the terrible crime but the opportunity for the townspeople to make peace with the past–and with one another.
Book Review: A Christmas Grace (Christmas Novella #6) by Anne Perry
Emily Radley, Thomas Pitt’s sister-in-law, leaves her family just before Christmas to go to Ireland because her aunt is terminally ill. On arrival she discovers that there is something sinister and strange going on in the village and people are too afraid to talk about it.
Perry’s writing is as magnificent as always. It just fascinates me. I feel completely drawn in like I am actually in Ireland 1895.
The beginning and ending I think add to the Christmas feel of the story, as does reference to weather conditions in December.
The beginning and ending I think add to the Christmas feel of the story, as does reference to weather conditions in December.
I quite enjoy the
surprise ending. Didn’t see that coming at all.
A Christmas Grace is
recommended for fans of Anne Perry’s other work as well as readers of history
crime fiction in general.
My Rating: 3 /5 stars
(All opinions in this
review are my own)
Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including Dark Assassin and The Shifting Tide, and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including The Cater Street Hangman, Calandar Square, Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane. She is also the author of the World War I novels No Graves As Yet, Shoulder the Sky, Angels in the Gloom, At Some Disputed Barricade, and We Shall Not Sleep, as well as six holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Grace. Anne Perry lives in Scotland. (Copied From Amazon)
To learn more about the author, visit www.anneperry.co.uk
About The Author
Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including Dark Assassin and The Shifting Tide, and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including The Cater Street Hangman, Calandar Square, Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane. She is also the author of the World War I novels No Graves As Yet, Shoulder the Sky, Angels in the Gloom, At Some Disputed Barricade, and We Shall Not Sleep, as well as six holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Grace. Anne Perry lives in Scotland. (Copied From Amazon)
To learn more about the author, visit www.anneperry.co.uk
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