A Christmas Journey (Christmas Novellas)

Charla Wilson said Expiation!!. This is the first Anne Perry Book that I have read, however, it will not be the last. I loved the imagery, the victorian era, the story line and the fact that it was a short read! Lady Vespasia(what a name!)is attending a dinner with many other wealthy folks and one lady insults another lady in front of everyone. The insulted lady is then found drowned, an apparent suicide. It is assumed it is because of the insult. Lady Vespasia and the insulter are sent on a trip of atonement to the see the dead girls mother byt the Host of the party. The journey is long and. "Another wonderful book from Anne Perry" according to Anne Jordan. This is an opportunity to see Charlotte Pitt's "Aunt" Vespasia when she was in the full bloom of her youth. She had an admirable depth of character even then and we explore it here. It is a real treat to read and it is a Christmas story in the sense that we are given the true message of Christmas. If you are looking for fluffy, romantic holiday froth, this is not it! However once again, after Miss Perry has laid the groundwork in the first half, it becomes nearly impossible to put down.. NOT a Christmas story K & S's Mom I bought this hoping to read a mystery with a Christmas touch. This book is not a mystery! It is basically set as a journey to tell the mother of a young suicide victim of her daughter's death, and to get the woman, whom house guests blamed because of her callous remarks, a chance at remaining a part of their group.I can not recommend this book.

"Anne Perry continues at the top of her form as a pre-eminent writer of Victorian mysteries."

This new novel features Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould--one of the most memorable characters from the Thomas Pitt series--who appears here as a lively young woman, the ultimate aristocrat who can trace her blood to half the royal houses of Europe.. Readers of Anne Perry's bestselling suspense novels revel in a world that is all their own, sharing the privileged existence of Britain's wealthy and powerful elite in West End mansions and great country houses. It is also a world in which danger bides in unsuspected places and the line between good and evil can be razor thin