false 72748 7 Anne Perry has dazzled readers for decades with her gripping Victorian novels and has won new fans with her acclaimed World War I series. Perry&#8217;s thrilling Christmas novels, recent additions to her unique repertoire, are set in the most joyous season of the year. <br><br>In A Christmas Guest, Mariah Ellison, better known as the vinegar-tongued Grandmama from the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, makes a stunning appearance in a bracing story full of devious delight . . . and certain death.<br>For Grandmama Ellison, Christmas is no reason to celebrate. And when her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers truly, the cantankerous Grandmama is forced to stay elsewhere&#8211;and travels to the chilly, windswept Romney Marshes to spend the holiday with Charlotte Pitt&#8217;s parents, Caroline and Joshua Fielding. <br><br>Grandmama is immediately miserable. For starters, Christmas with the Fieldings is nothing like the cultured life to which she&#8217;s accustomed, and the Romney Marshes are unbearably provincial. When Joshua&#8217;s cousin Maude Barrington arrives, Grandmama is at her wit&#8217;s end. Although Maude is well traveled and friendly, Grandmama thinks she&#8217;s improper and strange. But when Maude is found lifeless in bed, Grandmama senses foul play and takes it upon herself to assume the role of amateur detective&#8211;uncovering not only the truth about Maude Barrington but some startling truths about herself as well. <br><br>Enlivened with bold characters and vivid, witty writing, A Christmas Guest is yet another holiday novella with the perfect combination of mystery and murder mixed with a generous helping of yuletide cheer. 1856029 book 1 11 2005 A Christmas Guest: A Novel total:205|5:41|4:62|3:87|2:11|1:4| 205 740 257 32 5 1 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Aug 25 10:08:21 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 10:09:20 -0700 2007 Perry, Anne – 3rd Christmas Story
Ballantine Books, 2005 – Hardcover
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