Anne Perry Christmas: Two Holiday Novels (Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.)

For the first time in one cozy volume: Anne Perrys first two Christmas novelsyuletide offerings full of holiday magic . . . and murderA CHRISTMAS JOURNEYOne of the best books to brighten the joyous season.

USA Today This brief work has an almost Jamesian subtlety. . . . [A] powerful message of responsibility and redemption.The Wall Street JournalIn the Berkshire countryside, family and guests have gathered for a delicious weekend fte surrounded by roaring fires and candlelight.

Its scarcely the setting for misfortune, and no onenot even that clever budding sleuth Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gouldanticipates the tragedy that is to darken this holiday house party.A CHRISTMAS VISITORSatisfyingly dark and suspenseful.Entertainment WeeklyWondrous . . . a welcome entry to the seasonal thriller.Richmond Times-DispatchAt the Dreghorn family reunion, the tranquility of a snowbound English estate is shattered by what an apparently accidental death.

The victims distraught wife summons her godfather, the distinguished mathematician and inventor Henry Rathbone, to the scene. And questions about the tragic event soon turn into whispers of murder.From the Trade Paperback edition.