title: Anne Perry's Christmas Crimes: Two Victorian Holiday Mysteries: A Christmas Homecoming and A Christmas Garland
author:  Anne Perry 
description: [Anne] Perrys Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat.<b><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Could have been devised by Agatha Christie . . . [Perry is] a modern master.<b><i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></b><i>, </i>on <i>A Christmas Homecoming</i><br /> <i></i><br /> In Anne Perrys gifted hands, the puzzle plays out brilliantly.<b>Greensboro <i>News &amp; Record</i></b><i>, </i>on <i>A Christmas Garland</i>
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  ## Anne Perry's Christmas Mysteries
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Anne Perry
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Two holiday novels provide the perfect combination of mystery and murder mixed
  with a generous helping of Yuletide cheer.
  
  
  A CHRISTMAS GUEST
  
  
  When her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers
  truly, Grandmama Mariah Ellison travels to the chilly, windswept Romney
  Marshes to spend the holiday with old friends. But when the body of a fellow
  guest is found lifeless in bed, Grandmama senses foul play and takes it upon
  herself to assume the role of amateur detective-uncovering startling truths
  about the victim… and herself as well.
  
  
  A CHRISTMAS SECRET
  
  
  Dominic Corde is thrilled to 'fill the robe' as substitute vicar in the
  village of Cottisham while the Reverend Wynter is away on a Christmas holiday.
  Upon arrival, Dominic and his wife, Clarice, wonder how they will be received
  by the congregation. But the Cordes soon discover that they 