Review: better than usual "in-between" novella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
So often authors virtually phone these "in-between" novellas in. Not so with "Silent Night," which comes after the fifth full entry in the Lady Julia Grey mystery series. In this novella, amusingly counted as 5.5 in the series, Lady Julia and her new husband and old partner, Nicholas Brisbane, spend Christmas with her father, the eccentric Earl March, and some of her unconventional family. While at Bellmont Abbey, the March family's country home in Sussex, Lady Julia, acting mostly without Brisbane's help, successfully investigates the appearance of a ghost and the disappearance of pieces of jewelry.The Audible Audio Edition is less than two hours long, but author Deanna Raybourn manages to create an appealing mystery that you'll devour in one sitting. Having thoroughly enjoyedThe Dark Enquiry, it was nice to have a little bit of Lady Julia to tide me over until the next full novel. I can hardly wait!