02091cam a2200409 i 4500 623569190 TxAuBib 20131223120000.0 131021s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013040142 9781410463272 hardcover 1410463273 hardcover (OCoLC)861274073 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OJ4 rda DLC NDS GZD TxAuBib OJ4 NDS GZD TxAuBib rda Perry, Anne. A Christmas hope / Anne Perry. Large Print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013. 365 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier London, 1868. Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season for forcing her to face how empty her life has become. She no longer expects closeness with her coldly ambitious husband, and she has nothing in common with their circle of wealthy, status-minded friends. Then, at a glittering yuletide gala, she meets the charming poet Dai Treggaron and finds her spirits lifted. But scarcely an hour later, the charismatic Dai is enmeshed in a nightmare -- accused of killing a young streetwalker who had been smuggled into the party. Even though she suspects that an upper-class clique is quickly closing ranks to protect the real killer, Claudine vows to do her utmost for Dai. 20131223. Monk, William (Fictitious character) Fiction. Marital conflicts Fiction. Christmas Psychological aspects Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Elite (Social sciences) Fiction. London (England) 19th century Fiction. Christmas fiction. Large print books. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft Mystery fiction. Fiction. lcgft TXKPL