01688cam a2200349 i 4500 275649728 TxAuBib 20140603120000.0 131021s2013||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2013040142 9781410463272 hardcover 1410463273 hardcover TxAuBib rda Perry, Anne. A Christmas hope [large print] / Anne Perry. Large Print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013. 365 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print basic. "Claudine Burroughs--who works with William Monk's wife Hester at the women's clinic--expects nothing but an unbearably boring several hours from a Christmas party she attends with her husband. However, when an endearingly romantic poet has his prostitute companion crash the glittering event--and the woman winds up dead--Claudine has more on her hands than she bargained for. Feeling sorry for the poet, she sets out to uncover the truth about what happened, in hopes of preventing his Christmas from being a dark one"-- Provided by publisher. 20140603. Christmas stories. Murder Investigation Fiction. Large type books. Historical fiction. London (England) History 1800-1950 Fiction. Mystery fiction. Thorndike Press large print basic.