My Christmas reading wouldn't be complete without Anne Perry's annual Christmas novella. This year it's A Christmas Return (#711). One of the reasons I always make it a point to read these is that besides being interesting mysteries, Ms. Perry's stories center around the theme of redemption; a striving to be better and to do the right thing, not only for one's self but for others as well. And isn't that the true message of Christmas?
This time around, Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, is summoned to the village of Haslemere by the grandson of her former friend Rowena Wesley. It seems that the embers of a twenty year old unsolved murder are being stirred up again by the very person who was acquitted then of a brutal murder. But this time, Owen Durward has a new victim in his sights: Rowena. Mariah, if she chooses to do so, is the only one who can help her now...
I really loved the way the octogenarian Mariah managed to catch the perpetrator in this one! A great way to finish up my holiday reading.
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