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A review by bak8382
A Christmas Return (Christmas Stories, #15) by Anne Perry
3.0
Perry's latest Christmas mystery features Charlotte's Grandmother Mariah who, for reasons a bit unclear, will be spending Christmas alone until an unexpected package arrives at her doorstep. She embarks on a journey to not only heal an old friendship, but also to hopefully solve a 20 year old murder.
It was nice to delve a bit into Mariah's backstory, and the mystery was interesting. Readers don't need to have read any of the other Christmas stories, though she references another mystery from the regular series several times, that I must have missed, where she was evidently heavily featured.
These Christmas mysteries are not the place to start for new readers of Anne Perry as they lack the nuance of character development, and the mysteries aren't as intricate. Plus they feature peripheral characters that only regulars of the series would recognize, but they are a nice way for fans of the series to learn more about the secondary characters.
It was nice to delve a bit into Mariah's backstory, and the mystery was interesting. Readers don't need to have read any of the other Christmas stories, though she references another mystery from the regular series several times, that I must have missed, where she was evidently heavily featured.
These Christmas mysteries are not the place to start for new readers of Anne Perry as they lack the nuance of character development, and the mysteries aren't as intricate. Plus they feature peripheral characters that only regulars of the series would recognize, but they are a nice way for fans of the series to learn more about the secondary characters.