For the first time in one cozy volume: Anne Perry s first two Christmas novels-yuletide offerings full of holiday magic . . . and murder A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY One of the best books to brighten the joyous season. -USA Today This brief work has an almost Jamesian subtlety. . . . [A] powerful message of responsibility and redemption. -The Wall Street Journal In the Berkshire countryside family and guests have gathered for a delicious weekend fête surrounded by roaring fires and candlelight. It s scarcely the setting for misfortune and no one-not even that clever budding sleuth Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould-anticipates the tragedy that is to darken this holiday house party. A CHRISTMAS VISITOR Satisfyingly dark and suspenseful. -Entertainment Weekly Wondrous . . . a welcome entry to the seasonal thriller. -Richmond Times-Dispatch At the Dreghorn family reunion the tranquility of a snowbound English estate is shattered by what an apparently accidental death. The victim s distraught wife summons her godfather the distinguished mathematician and inventor Henry Rathbone to the scene. And questions about the tragic event soon turn into whispers of murder.