London: Headline, 2007. Second impression, 2007. Hardback. 135pp. Dust jacket. The fifth in Anne Perry's Victorian Christmas novella series. This is a charming tale of love and hope played out against a background of deceit and death. Book in near fine condition and with an unread feel. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped.

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Whatever the season, a new novel by bestselling author Anne Perry is always a wonderful gift, but her holiday novels are particularly special treats, and A Christmas Beginning is a deeply felt story of passion and redemption.Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard is spending Christmas on the wild and beautiful island of Anglesey off the north coast of Wales. On one of his solitary strolls, the lonely bachelor stumbles upon a lifeless body in the village churchyard. The unfortunate victim is quickly identified as Olivia Costain, the local vicar's younger sister. In life, Olivia had been a free spirit, full of charm and grace. For Runcorn, she is a haunting reminder of Melisande Ewart, the one woman he's never been able to forget. Everyone on Anglesey is quick to insist that only a stranger to the island could have committed the heinous crime. But the evidence proves otherwise, and the unpopular work of discovering who among Olivia's friends and neighbors--and numerous eligible suitors--is a ruthless killer falls to Runcorn. A plebian outsider in the drawing rooms of the snobbish local gentry, Runcorn never dreams that the key that will unlock the secrets of Olivia's life and death may also, miraculously, open the door to a new future for himself.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Ariadne Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1307229
Title: A Christmas Beginning
Author: Perry, Anne
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0755334302
ISBN 13: 9780755334308
Publisher: Headline
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2007
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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