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Bezig met laden... A Christmas Hope (2013)door Anne Perry
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  jbarr5 | Nov 1, 2022 |    ) Pmaurer | Oct 29, 2019 | Within an hour, a prostitute smuggled into the party is badly injured, and Tragarron is on the run. A servant alerts Claudine to the presence of a man hiding in their barn the next morning, and she discovers it's Tragarron. He insists he's innocent, that the three young men who claimed to have tried to defend the young woman are in fact to blame. Claudine gives him breakfast and sends him on his way. Later that day, the young woman dies. Tragarron is now wanted for murder. The incongruities in the young men's story and her own sense of justice will not let Claudine do the sensible thing, and stay uninvolved. She needs to find the truth, and she can't go to the Monks, because William is now head of the River Police. So she recruits Squeaky Robinson, former brothel owner and now bookkeeper at the clinic. As they each investigate in the spheres of society they have access to and knowledge of, Claudine has to confront some painful truths about her own marriage and her own choices. Once again Perry does an excellent job giving us both a neat puzzle, and characters who grapple with the problems she sets them and learn and grow in the process. These Christmas novellas, including this one, are also an opportunity to explore a bit more of Perry's fictional worlds and the "minor" characters of the main novels. This is a great little Christmas story if you enjoy Perry's mysteries. Recommended. I received a free electronic galley from the publisher via NetGalley. ( ) LisCarey | Sep 19, 2018 | This Christmas, I knew that I would like to enjoy another title by Anne Perry so I added "A Christmas Hope" (Christmas Stories, #11) to my wish to read list and my husband delightfully added it to my birthday bag that I receive in early November. I loved the character of Claudine Burroughs and the author's rich description of daily life and holiday events pull you into the setting that begins in November 1868. Now, I shall add the first Christmas novella by Anne Perry to next year's holiday reading list and continue from the beginning. It will be a seasonal tradition of rich reading joy. And for all Downton Abbey fans, this would be a wonderful Christmas gift of reading pleasure. (  ) FerneMysteryReader | Nov 16, 2017 | Have read the author's other Christmas works and enjoyed them. This one is about a party at Christmas but the events lead to a death. Someone has brought along a woman of the streets and there is a fight and she ends up dead. Claudeen has gone outside for a breath of air when she comes upon the scene and Derek appears with a lot of blood all over himself and quite drunk. She doesn't realize til the next day at things are not what they appear. She proceeds to find more clues and talk to many more and she does find them in time. Will it be enough to free the wronged man from jail a Christmas hope when that's all that is left.... I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( ) jbarr5 | May 20, 2015 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:Anne Perry’s “vastly entertaining” (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are “as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable—the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian London—and a lonely woman’s search for meaning in her life. Although she lacks for nothing, Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season for forcing her to face how empty her life has become. She no longer expects closeness with her coldly ambitious husband, and she has nothing in common with their circle of wealthy, status-minded friends. The only time she is remotely happy is when she volunteers at a woman’s clinic—a job her husband strongly disapproves of. Then, at a glittering yuletide gala, she meets the charming poet Dai Tregarron and finds her spirits lifted. But scarcely an hour later, the charismatic Dai is enmeshed in a nightmare—accused of killing a young streetwalker who had been smuggled into the party. Even though she suspects that an upper-class clique is quickly closing ranks to protect the real killer, Claudine vows to do her utmost for Dai. But it seems that hypocritical London society would rather send an innocent poet to the gallows than expose the shocking truth about one of their own. Nevertheless, it’s the season of miracles and Claudine finally sees a glimmer of hope—not only for Dai but for a young woman she befriends who is teetering on the brink of a lifetime of unhappiness. Anne Perry’s heartwarming new holiday novel is a celebration of courage, faith, and love for all seasons. PRAISE FOR THE CHRISTMAS NOVELS OF ANNE PERRY “Perry’s Victorian-era holiday mysteries . . . are for many an annual treat.”—The Wall Street Journal A Christmas Garland “In Anne Perry’s gifted hands, the puzzle plays out brilliantly.”—Greensboro News & Record A Christmas Homecoming “Could have been devised by Agatha Christie . . . [Perry is] a modern master.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Christmas Odyssey “[Perry] writes with detail that invades the senses.”—Lincoln Journal Star A Christmas Promise “Poignant . . . should be on the Christmas stocking list of anyone who likes a sniffle of nostalgia.”—The Washington Times A Christmas Grace “[A] heartwarming, if crime-tinged, complement to the holiday season.”—Booklist. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.6)
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A Victorian mystery as a prostitute gets beaten and ends up dying.
Claudia had witnessed the afterwards part as she tried to help the woman lying on the floor.
She notes who is there... she is a woman of society and lends her time to aiding the women and homeless of the city.
Her spouse is against it and just wants her to donate money and not go there to actually help them. She meets the one accused in her stables as she feeds him a meal but he claims he didn't do it.
She investigates on her won by talking to many others and piecing clues together....
She is so strong to stand up for others and against those who have much more influence and power than her...
Love the ending how the holiday is all about giving others hope, no matter their station in life.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). (