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Whatever the season a new novel by bestselling author Anne Perry is always a wonderful gift but her holiday novels are particularly special treats and A Christmas Beginning is a deeply felt story of passion and redemptionSuperintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard is spending Christmas on the wild and beautiful island of Anglesey off the north coast of Wales On one of his solitary strolls the lonely bachelor stumbles upon a lifeless body in the village churchyard The unfortunate victim is quickly identified as Olivia Costain the local vicars younger sister In life Olivia had been a free spirit full of charm and grace For Runcorn she is a haunting reminder of Melisande Ewart the one woman hes never been able to forget Everyone on Anglesey is quick to insist that only a stranger to the island could have committed the heinous crime But the evidence proves otherwise and the unpopular work of discovering who among Olivias friends and neighborsand numerous eligible suitorsis a ruthless killer falls to Runcorn A plebian outsider in the drawing rooms of the snobbish local gentry Runcorn never dreams that the key that will unlock the secrets of Olivias life and death may also miraculously open the door to a new future for himself.
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.
