01491cam a2200301 i 4500 365192178 TxAuBib 20181207120000.0 131023s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013042225 9780345530752 hardback : acid-free paper 0345530756 hardback : acid-free paper TxAuBib rda Perry, Anne. A Christmas hope : a novel / Anne Perry. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2013] 197 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Claudine Burroughs--who works with William Monk's wife Hester at the women's clinic--expects nothing but an unbearably boring several hours from a Christmas party she attends with her husband. However, when an endearingly romantic poet has his prostitute companion crash the glittering event--and the woman winds up dead--Claudine has more on her hands than she bargained for. Feeling sorry for the poet, she sets out to uncover the truth about what happened, in hopes of preventing his Christmas from being a dark one"-- Provided by publisher. 20181207. Murder Investigation Fiction. Christmas stories. London (England) History 1800-1950 Fiction. 9780345530752.jpg Cover image