A Chirstmas Odyssey

A Christmas Odyssey

Anne Perry

It's Christmas time and James Wentworth enlists the help of his friend Henry Rathbone to reunite him with his estranged son, Lucien, who has fallen into the abyss of Victorian London's underground of unimaginable debauchery, sordid appetites of all kinds, and violent criminal behavior. Squeaky Robinson, who is nurse Hester Monk's assistant, Crow, an almost-doctor, and Bessie, a 14-yr-old who is at home in the underground but who has not yet been tainted by its fetid atmosphere join Henry on his quest to rescue his friend's peodigal son.

I enjoyed this, but I didn't think it was quite as strong as Perry's other Christmas books.