A Christmas return / Anne Perry.

As the festive season approaches, Charlotte Pitt's grandmamma, Mariah Ellison, is facing Christmas alone. When an unexpected package containing an ominous present is left on Mariah's doorstep, memories are sparked of a Christmas in Haslemere long ago, when her beloved friend Cullen Wesley died and a local villager was brutally murdered. No killer was brought to justice. Now, the unsolved case has resurfaced and Cullen's grandson and sleuth in his own right, Peter, begs for Mariah's help to solve the crime that led to his grandfather's death. Mariah can't resist a friend in need and she returns to Haslemere to investigate the murder and heal old wounds. But evil still lurks in the picturesque village and she'll need all her wits about her to see that justice is done.

Adult.