Aunt Dimity's Death
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4.5 • 147 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The debut that kicked off twenty-two books (and counting...) of the bestselling, beloved Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking!
Lori Shepherd thought Aunt Dimity was just a character in a bedtime story...
...Until the Dickensian law firm of Willis & Willis summons her to a reading of the woman's will. Down-on-her-luck Lori learns she's about to inherit a siazable estate--if she can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters in Dimity's English country cottage. What begins as a fairy tale becomes a mystery--and a ghost story--in an improbably cozy setting, as Aunt Dimity's indominable spirit leads Lori on an otherworldly quest to discover how, in this life, true love can conquer all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Despite its buoyant tone, this blend of fairy tale, ghost story, romance and mystery proves a disappointment. First novelist Atherton creates a potentially appealing heroine in bewitched and bewildered Lori Shepherd, but never places her in danger, thus sacrificing suspense. Recently divorced and newly bereaved by her beloved mother's death, Lori is scraping by as an office temp in Boston when she receives a letter from a Boston law firm informing her of the death in England of Miss Dimity Westwood. Lori is shocked because she had thought adventurous Dimity was her mother's fictional creation, the star of made-up bedtime stories. Courtly lawyer William Willis and his attentive son Bill inform Lori that Dimity left instructions that she and Bill go to her Cotswolds cottage to prepare a collection of ``Aunt Dimity'' stories for publication. They find the cottage haunted by the ghost of Dimity, who blocks their efforts to trace the secret of her WW II romance with a gallant flier. That all ends happily comes as a surprise to none but Lori.
Customer Reviews
Aunt Dimity’s Death
I loved every word! Great writing style, great story, great character development and a lesson to be taken to heart.
Boring
The heroes are made of cardboard. The story moves at a snail's pace. The choices that everybody makes are illogical. Couldn't bring myself to finishing this.
An enjoyable escape from reality
Yes, at first glance it's kind of a cliche woman's book.
Down on her luck Woman with dismal life gets rescued by many means. Somebody previously unknown to her dies leaves her some money and she meets a nice homey comfy prince charming.
But there is more to it than that. It is well written and the story draws you along effortlessly.
The plot has some amusing twists and turns. The dead leave enough clues behind to set the protagonist's mind at rest about her faults. Plus the ghost is very friendly and helps a good deal.
If you need a true escape here it is. It truly is a must read of the genre. I plan on reading the whole series