A Christmas Escape by Anne Perry

James Latterly is mourning the death of his wife and decides to spend Christmas in a remote area of Sicily.  There he connects with the proprietor and one of the visitors, a young 14 year old orphan girl who is under the care of an elderly uncle.  The other visitors are not so pleasant and it is soon apparent that there are serious personal issues behind the vainer of civility. All these concerns, however, are dwarfed by the increasingly ominous rumblings coming from a nearby volcano.  When one of the residents is found dead, Latterly realizes that it the volcano may or may not be the most dangerous thing on the island.

I am starting to consider myself an Anne Perry fan.  I have enjoyed the three books by her that I have read in the last few months.  This one has a pretty unconventional plot line.  I wonder if Ms Perry has written so many books, she is running out of ideas.  Still, she makes it work the same way she makes all her books work, with endearing characters put into thrilling circumstances.  I also liked that the developing relationship is a "father/daughter" kind instead of a romance. Anne Perry may just become another of my "I am having a super stressful week and need a fun book to listen to" authors. (157, 2015)