The Christmas Novellas · Book 1
A Christmas Journey
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 180
- ISBN-13
- 9780345482495
- Type
- novella
About this book
A Christmas Journey, published in 2003 at 180 pages, is the opening entry in what became Anne Perry's annual Christmas mystery tradition -- a self-contained Victorian- or Edwardian-era whodunit built around a seasonal setting, usually featuring a minor character borrowed from her Pitt or Monk novels rather than either series' central cast. Perry would return to this shorter, gift-book-friendly form every autumn for twenty-one consecutive years.
Its place in The Christmas Novellas
A Christmas Journey is book 1 in the The Christmas Novellas series. It is followed by A Christmas Visitor. See the full The Christmas Novellas reading order.
Starting in 2003, Anne Perry published a new short mystery novella every autumn, timed for the Christmas gift-book market, for twenty-one consecutive years. Each is a self-contained Victorian- or Edwardian-era whodunit, generally featuring a minor character borrowed from her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt or William Monk novels -- a friend, relative, or supporting player given their own case to solve away from the main series -- rather than continuing either series' central cast, and each is built around a seasonal…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345482495