Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Nancy Atherton's seventeenth in the New York Times bestselling series sees the sleepy village of Finch set aflutter by a bewitching mystery from its past. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking!
Last year, the otherworldly sleuth's devoted fans secured a place on the New York Times bestseller list for Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree. Now Lori and Aunt Dimity are back on the list—and this time, they're on a witch-hunt.
At first glance, the unassuming Mrs. Amelia Thistle is a disappointment to the villagers of Finch, but Lori Shepherd isn't fooled by the new arrival's bland persona. Amelia is a world-famous artist, traveling incognito, and, after unearthing a fragment of a family diary hinting that Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch, might be one of her ancestors, she's come to Finch in search of the truth.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Atherton's absorbing 17th mystery featuring paranormal detective Lori Shepherd (after 2011's Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree), Amelia Thistle, believed to be "a mild-mannered, middle-aged widow of independent means," moves into a cottage in the Cotswolds village of Finch. Amelia is in fact "England's greatest botanical artist," Mae Bowen, as Lori soon learns from an art appraiser neighbor who recognizes the woman. Mae, who's desperately trying to escape her cult following, turns to Lori for help in concealing her true identity and in redeeming the reputation of an accused witch known as Mistress Meg, who lived in Finch in the 17th century. Lori's ghostly Aunt Dimity provides support through words that magically appear in a copperplate book. Despite the lack of a murder, cozy fans will enjoy following the far from obvious clues in the effort to exonerate Mistress Meg. 4-city author tour.
