title: Anne Perry's Christmas Vigil: Two Victorian Holiday Mysteries
author:  Anne Perry 
description: "When Anne Perry writes her Christmas novels, it&rsquo;s almost as if Charles Dickens has come back from the grave to treat readers to another heartwarming holiday story.&rdquo;<i>&mdash;Winston-Salem Journal<br></i><br>&ldquo;Should be on the Christmas stocking list of anyone who likes a sniffle of nostalgia.&rdquo;<i>&mdash;The Washington Times</i><br><br>&ldquo;[Perry] writes with detail that invades the senses.&rdquo;<i>&mdash;Lincoln Journal Star</i>
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  # Christmas Griffin
  
  
  ## A Mate for Christmas #5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Zoe Chant
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Christmas Griffin
  
  
  A Mate for Christmas #5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2020 Zoe Chant
  
  
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  # Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Delphine
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Delphine Belgrave was completely fucked.
  
  
  At least, she hoped she was.
  
  
  She squinted through the windscreen. She’d spent enough time in the States
  that driving on the right-hand side of the road wasn’t a problem, but there
  was barely enough road here to _have_ a right-hand side. And it was pitch
  dark, threatening snow, in the middle of the mountains.
  
  
  For the last two hours the GPS on her phone had assured her she was going in
  the right direction. Then she’d accidentally bumped it while reaching for her
  water bottle, and when she picked it up she realized with a sort of expectant
  horror that although the app h