Anne Perry: A New York Christmas (UK 2015)

From the Publisher:
Dark secrets threaten the highest of New York society in the twelfth Victorian Christmas novella
Thomas Pitt's daughter Jemima, now a young woman, leads the cast of Anne Perry's enthralling festive mystery. In New York, at the turn of the century, where new American money and old English aristocracy collide, a young bride's secret past could destroy her future. Jemima, in America as a chaperone until her friend's wedding, is instead drawn into the crisis, and must decide whom to trust, and how to thread her way through the dangerous streets of this cold, brash new city.

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas. Dark secrets that threaten the highest of New York society will lead Jemima Pitt into danger... Headline, ISBN: 9781472219367 (October, 2015), 176 p., £7.99.

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
Anne Perry's new Christmas novel is an irresistible tale of love, betrayal, greed, murder, and selfless devotion. For the first time, Perry's annual yuletide offering is set in New York City -- a sparkling young metropolis bursting with life, promise, and subtle menace.

The year is 1904. Twenty-three-year-old Jemima Pitt, the daughter of Thomas Pitt, head of Britain's Special Branch, is crossing the Atlantic. She is traveling with an acquaintance, Delphinia Cardew, who is to marry the aristocratic Brent Albright in a high-society New York wedding -- a grand affair that will join together two fabulously wealthy families, titans of the international financial world.

But Jemima senses a mysterious shadow darkening the occasion. Missing from the festivities is Delphinia's mother, Maria, who is marked by disgrace. Nearly sixteen years ago, Maria abandoned young Delphinia and disappeared -- and now the Albrights refuse to mention her name. But when Harley, the groom's charismatic brother, asks Jemima to help him search for Maria and forestall the scandal that would surely follow if the prodigal parent turned up at the wedding, she agrees to assist him.

From Hell's Kitchen to Fifth Avenue, the Lower East Side to Central Park, Jemima trudges through strange, snowy streets, asking questions but getting few answers -- and never suspecting that she is walking into mortal danger, from which not even a handsome young police officer named Patrick Flannery may be able to protect her.

Once more, Anne Perry delivers a suspenseful, deeply moving novel that captures the essence of the holiday spirit.

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas. A Novel. Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345548467 (November, 2014), 176 p., $18.00, eBook $9.99.

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
Dark secrets threaten the highest of New York society in the twelfth Victorian Christmas novella
New York, 1904. Jemima Pitt arrives in a city where new American money and old English aristocracy collide. She's here to chaperone her friend, Delphinia, who has crossed the ocean to marry one of New York's richest men, but Jemima discovers a secret that could destroy Phinnie's future.

Drawn into the crisis, Jemima desperately wants to protect her friend. And she must use all her courage and wits to decide whom to trust, and how to thread her way through the snowy streets of this brash new city.

A New York Christmas is the enthralling new festive tale from the master of Victorian mysteries.

Anne Perry: A New York Christmas. Dark secrets that threaten the highest of New York society will lead Jemima Pitt into danger... Headline, ISBN: 9781472219374 (October, 2014), 160 p., £16.99, eBook £8.49.