AChristmasGuestANovel

AnnePerryhasdazzledreadersfordecadeswithhergrippingVictoriannovelsandhaswonnewfanswithheracclaimedWorldWarIseries.Perry’sthrillingChristmasnovels，recentadditionstoheruniquerepertoire，aresetinthemostjoyousseasonoftheyear.InAChristmasGuest，MariahEllison，betterknownasthevinegar-tonguedGrandmamafromtheCharlotteandThomasPittseries，makesastunningappearanceinabracingstoryfullofdeviousdelight...andcertaindeath.ForGrandmamaEllison，Christmasisnoreasontocelebrate.Andwhenherdaughterandson-in-lawplanaChristmasvacationtoParissansherstruly，thecantankerousGrandmamaisforcedtostayelsewhere–andtravelstothechilly，windsweptRomneyMarshestospendtheholidaywithCharlottePitt’sparents，CarolineandJoshuaFielding.Grandmamaisimmediatelymiserable.Forstarters，ChristmaswiththeFieldingsisnothingliketheculturedlifetowhichshe’saccustomed，andtheRomneyMarshesareunbearablyprovincial.WhenJoshua’scousinMaudeBarringtonarrives，Grandmamaisatherwit’send.AlthoughMaudeiswelltraveledandfriendly，Grandmamathinksshe’simproperandstrange.ButwhenMaudeisfoundlifelessinbed，Grandmamasensesfoulplayandtakesituponherselftoassumetheroleofamateurdetective–uncoveringnotonlythetruthaboutMaudeBarringtonbutsomestartlingtruthsaboutherselfaswell.Enlivenedwithboldcharactersandvivid，wittywriting，AChristmasGuestisyetanotherholidaynovellawiththeperfectcombinationofmysteryandmurdermixedwithageneroushelpingofyuletidecheer.