{"id":26048,"date":"2015-01-25T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=26048"},"modified":"2015-01-25T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:46:09","slug":"review-of-a-new-york-christmas-by-anne-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=26048","title":{"rendered":"Review of A New York Christmas, by Anne Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"new_york_christmas_large\"<\/a>A New York Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n

by Anne Perry<\/p>\n

Ballantine Books, New York, 2014. 164 pages.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve gotten hooked on Anne Perry\u2019s Christmas mysteries. They offer a wide variety of situations, and I like some better than others. But all take place at Christmastime, and all offer a quick cozy holiday read \u2013 with murder. But justice is always done and they all have an overall message of peace and hope.<\/p>\n

My hold on this year\u2019s novella came in just in time for Christmas, though I was already in the middle of another eagerly awaited novel, so I got A New York Christmas<\/em> read a few days after Christmas.<\/p>\n

I particularly like it when Anne Perry uses characters from her other books in the Christmas novels. I don\u2019t know why, since I haven\u2019t read many of her other books (some day), but it gives a sense of a window into a larger world.<\/p>\n

A New York Christmas<\/em> is told from the perspective of Jemima Pitt, twenty-three-year-old daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. The book opens with her on an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

It was December 1904, and she was crossing the Atlantic to New York, where she would stay for at least a month. Mr. Edward Cardew had invited her to travel as a companion to his daughter, Delphinia, who was to marry Brent Albright, the son of Rothwell Albright, Mr. Cardew\u2019s international business partner. It would be the society wedding of the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not long after arriving, a murder happens, and Jemima is the primary suspect. The wealthy family she\u2019s been staying with seems extra eager to place the blame on her. Can she use what she\u2019s learned from her father to find out who is the actual killer? And where can she find help in New York City? And why did Miss Cardew\u2019s mother abandon her child so many years ago? If Jemima can find out about the murdered woman, she thinks she might be able to figure out who did kill her.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s after Christmas now, but this story makes cozy reading at any time. This is now Anne Perry\u2019s twelfth Christmas mystery, and it\u2019s never too late to start a holiday tradition.<\/p>\n

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