{"id":38782,"date":"2021-01-16T00:08:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T04:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38782"},"modified":"2021-01-16T00:08:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T04:08:58","slug":"review-of-a-christmas-resolution-by-anne-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38782","title":{"rendered":"Review of A Christmas Resolution, by Anne Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A Christmas Resolution<\/em><\/p>\n

by Anne Perry<\/p>\n

Ballantine Books, 2020. 175 pages.
\nReview written January 5, 2021, from a library book<\/p>\n

I like reading Anne Perry\u2019s annual Christmas mysteries at Christmastime. Since I\u2019m usually on a Cybils panel at Christmas, though, lately I end up reading them for the New Year.<\/p>\n

I keep thinking that I should read her regular mystery series, since then I would probably enjoy these more. As she often does, this one looks at a couple on the periphery of her regular main characters. A lady named Celia is married to a police captain. They met during a criminal case, and it sounds like that is quite a story.<\/p>\n

This book involved a case of blackmail and figuring out what happened in the past, which wasn\u2019t as compelling to me as a good old murder mystery. There wasn\u2019t really a puzzle to solve so much as to read about the characters\u2019 way of tracking down the solution.<\/p>\n

I did like the framing with a question of forgiveness: Who deserves forgiveness? Does the person have to be contrite? And how generous should one be in giving forgiveness? The main character is thinking about these things throughout the book, prompted by a Christmas sermon.<\/p>\n

So even though I wasn\u2019t too captivated by the mystery in this case, I still say that there\u2019s nothing like a nice cozy little mystery for Christmas.<\/p>\n

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