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A Christmas revelation: a novel

✍ Scribed by Anne Perry

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group; Ballantine Books
Year: 2018
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 114 KB
Series: Christmas novels
Edition: First edition
Category: Fiction
City: New York
ISBN: 039917995X

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✦ Synopsis

"Perry's Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat." --The Wall Street Journal
In this intriguing, uplifting holiday mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry, an orphan boy investigates a woman's kidnapping--and discovers there's more at stake than a disappearance.
It wouldn't quite be Christmas without a holiday mystery decorated with all the Victorian trimmings, as only New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry can render it. Now the tradition continues as mayhem is once again found under the mistletoe, and intrigue stalks the cobblestone streets and gaslit parlors of old London Town.
Formerly a river urchin living on the banks of the Thames, nine-year-old Worm has never experienced a family Christmas. But thanks to a job at Hester Monk's clinic in Portpool Lane, he's found a makeshift family in kindly volunteer Miss Claudine Burroughs and curmudgeonly old bookkeeper Squeaky Robinson.
When Worm witnesses the...

✦ Subjects

Christmas -- Fiction

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