Author: Anne Perry
Year: 2012
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Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction
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9780345530745
0345530748 |
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Perry continues this magnificent tradition with A Christmas Garland, a yuletide tale set in exotic India. This time the mistress of mystery tells the story of a terrible crime that sets the stage for another: that of knowingly accusing an innocent man of murder.
The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice simply because he was the only soldier unaccounted for when these baffling crimes were committed.
Though chosen to defend Tallis, young Lieutenant Victor Narraway is not encouraged to try very hard. Narraway's superiors merely want a show trial. But inspired by a soldier's widow and her children, and by his own stubborn faith in justice, Narraway searches for the truth. In an alien world haunted by memories of massacre, he is the accused man's only hope. The trial of John Tallis equals the white-knuckle best of Anne Perry's breathtaking courtroom dramas, as Narraway struggles to persevere against appalling odds and a frightful injustice.
This book is part of the "Christmas Stories" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "A Christmas Escape"
First published in 2015
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 | "A New York Christmas"
First published in 2014
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 | "A Christmas Hope"
First published in 2013
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 | "A Christmas Odyssey"
First published in 2010
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 | "A Christmas Grace"
First published in 2006
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 | "A Christmas Journey"
First published in 2003
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