A Christmas Resolution
By: Anne Perry
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the first book I have read in the author’s Monk series. While it is an offshoot and involves secondary characters in the series, it gave me a good idea of what the series might be like. I really liked it and will be reading the series from the beginning over time.
I enjoy Ms. Perry’s style of story-telling. She has an elegant way of turning a phrase and setting up a scene. This story does exactly that.
Celia Hooper is the wife of Detective John Hooper, who works for and with William Monk. Their marriage is fairly recent and they are still finding their way of living as a couple rather than the many years of being single.
Celia has a dear friend, Clementine, who is also somewhat older and Celia becomes engaged to Seth Marlowe, who is a throughly unlikeable individual, at least to Celia.
Their friendship becomes tenuous because of Marlowe’s attitude toward Celia. When Marlowe receives threatening letters, he decides that Celia is the culprit and Celia finds she must defend herself against the false accusations.
The story progresses to so much more and one wonders how Clementine’s life will be like once she marries this man. With Christmas fast approaching, Celia is trying to find forgiveness in her own heart, such as that that has been provided to her from God.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.