A Christmas guest : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0345483804
- ISBN: 9780345483805
-
Physical Description:
193 p. ; 20 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2005.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Summary: During a holiday visit to the home of Charlotte Pitt's parents, Grandmama is called upon to play the role of amateur detective when a fellow guest--an outcast from her own family--is murdered. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Loire River Valley (France) -- Fiction Grandmothers -- Fiction British -- France -- Fiction Women detectives -- France -- Loire River Valley -- Fiction |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Christmas stories. Detective and mystery stories. |
Search for related items by series
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alert Bay Public Library | AF PER (Text) | 35125000011340 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Mariah Ellison, better known as the vinegar-tongued Grandmama from the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, makes a stunning appearance in a bracing story full of devious delight . . . and certain death. For Grandmama Ellison, Christmas is no reason to celebrate. And when her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers truly, the cantankerous Grandmama is forced to stay elsewhere–and travels to the chilly, windswept Romney Marshes to spend the holiday with Charlotte Pitt’s parents, Caroline and Joshua Fielding. Grandmama is immediately miserable. For starters, Christmas with the Fieldings is nothing like the cultured life to which she’s accustomed, and the Romney Marshes are unbearably provincial. When Joshua’s cousin Maude Barrington arrives, Grandmama is at her wit’s end. Although Maude is well traveled and friendly, Grandmama thinks she’s improper and strange. But when Maude is found lifeless in bed, Grandmama senses foul play and takes it upon herself to assume the role of amateur detective–uncovering not only the truth about Maude Barrington but some startling truths about herself as well.