When the season brings a chill nothing warms the heart or elevates the spirits like a new novel by Anne Perry whom the Chicago Sun-Times calls the most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha Christe Perrys gifts are on full display in A Christmas Gracea hope-filled tale of forgiveness that is rich with mystery and intrigueWith Christmas just around the corner Thomas Pitts sister-in-law Emily Radley is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt Leaving her husband and two children behind Emily makes the long journey to an all-but-forgotten town in the county of Connemara on the western coast of Ireland She soon discovers that a tragic legacy haunts the once closeknit community Violent storms ravage the coast and keep alive painful memories of an unsolved murder and unsettling fears that a killer may still live among the residents of the lonely Irish town Determined to lighten her aunts heart and help the troubled community Emily sets out to unmask the culprit When a lone shipwreck survivor washes up onshore he brings with him not only the key to solving the terrible crime but the opportunity for the townspeople to make peace with the pastand with one another.
