I stayed up late to finish The Ghost of Christmas Past (#709) by Rhys Bowen. It's the latest in her Molly Murphy Mystery series. I did figure things out before the end, but I wanted to see if I was correct in my assumptions. I mostly was. None of this stopped it from being an entertaining mystery, with Molly's passion for justice served in a satisfying way at the conclusion.
Molly is still recovering emotionally from a miscarriage after her recent involvement with a case in San Francisco, and her husband Daniel's continued involvement with cases in Washington, D.C. She's looking forward to a quiet Christmas with friends at her own snug home in New York City, after helping her mother-in-law convalesce from a serious illness. The senior Mrs. Sullivan is well enough to accept an invitation to a house party at a Hudson Mansion. Soon an invitation arrives for the younger Sullivans as well, which Daniel accepts with alacrity.
All is not well at Greenbriars, however. As Molly gradually discovers, ten years ago at Christmas time, the three year old daughter of the house vanished, leaving only a single pair of footprints ending at the frozen brook on the property. She was never heard from again, until there is a knock on the door Christmas Eve and a small voice announces "Would you tell then that I'm Charlotte?"
Is the girl who she claims to be? And if so, where has she been all these years? Molly is determined to get to the bottom of things, since all is not as it appears to be in the Van Aiken household...
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