Nancy Atherton
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 20
Language
English
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Overseeing her baby, a family wedding and her own approaching 40th birthday celebration amid rumors that a developer has unwanted plans for Finch village, Lori bonds with a warmhearted inventor only to discover his true intentions.
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Series
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English
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Nancy Atherton's growing number of fans will certainly be delighted by Aunt Dimity's latest appearance in the honey-colored English cottage she bequeathed to her "niece," Lori Shepherd. Thanks to Aunt Dimity, Lori's life has taken on fairy-tale proportions: she's financially set for life and happily married--or so she thinks. When Lori's plans for a second honeymoon to England with her workaholic husband fall through, she begrudgingly takes along...
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Lady sleuth Lori Shepard, an American who is living in an English village, finds a collapsed stranger on her doorstep. She joins a handsome priest to search for the man's identity, a search which takes her from a homeless shelter to an insane asylum. By the author of Aunt Dimity Digs In.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Sent with her twin five-year-old sons to a Scottish island after her high-profile attorney husband receives death threats, Lori Shepherd begins to suspect local foul play upon her discovery of a skull on the beach, a situation that prompts her to piece together clues with the assistance of Aunt Dimity.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Volunteering at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Lori Shepherd befriends a lonely retired secretary who soon passes away, and when Lori discovers that the woman possessed a considerable estate, she attempts to locate the woman's next-of-kin.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Lori is on her way to Wyrdhurst Hall to evaluate a rare book collectiion housed in a neo-Gothic castle. The hall, the books, and the journey to this remote and misty corner of Northumberland are full of surprises.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
When Lori and her family return from a three-month visit to the States, she finds the town atwitter over the death of Prunella "Pruneface" Hooper. Prunella sowed the seeds of discord at every turn, and Lori is intrigued enough --and upset enough by the ugliness directed at several of her closest friends--to try to solve the murder.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
After being caught in a blizzard, Lori Shepherd takes refuge in Ladythorne Abbey, the former home of the late Lucasta DeClerke, where she uncovers a plot to steal a priceless DeClerke family heirloom.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Lori thought Aunt Dimity was just a character in a family bedtime story until a law firm summoned her to a reading of her relative's last will and testament. Lori will inherit a sizeable estate--if she can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters tucked away at Dimity's English country cottage.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A cozy mystery in an English village where a row has erupted over an archeological find. Some say it is genuine, others that it is a fake. Aided by the ghost of Aunt Dimity, sleuth Lori Shepherd investigates.
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Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Accompanying her husband to the Earl of Harrisford's will reading, Lori Shepherd witnesses the Harrisford family erupt in a heated dispute involving burning topiaries, threatening notes, and suspicious maids.
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Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 22
Language
English
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"Nancy Atherton's twenty-second cozy mystery in the beloved, nationally bestselling Aunt Dimity series. It's early April in the small English village of Finch. Lori Shepherd's husband and sons are spending Easter break camping, and Lori is perfectly happy to be left at home with Bess, spared a week of roughing it with a curious toddler. The two attend a village events committee meeting and Lori is astonished when the elderly, soft-spoken widow Mrs....
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Arriving in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado only to find herself enmeshed in a missing-persons case, Lori Shepherd becomes suspicious about a hundred-year-old mystery and a charming man who seems to know more than he will admit.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Viking Adult
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Nancy Atherton's seventeenth cozy mystery featuring the beloved Aunt Dimity-the original paranormal detective When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch, her new neighbors welcome her with open arms-and inquiring minds. Among them is Lori Shepherd, who isn't fooled by Amelia's unassuming persona. Amelia is, in fact, a world-famous artist with a rabid and eager-to-stalk fan base. In order to keep peace in Finch, Lori must help Amelia conceal her identity....
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Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When a silver sleigh recently stolen from a local museum turns up in her thrift shop, paranormal sleuth Lori Shepherd is surprised by the curator's lack of interest in the theft, a situation that prompts Lori to turn to Aunt Dimity for otherworldly advice on how to track down the sleigh's true owner.
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Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Concerned for her preschooler twins' safety in the face of tales about a pale, blood-stained figure lurking in the nearby woods, Lori consults with her not-quite-departed Aunt Dimity and stumbles upon the truth about a forty-year-old murder.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
U.S. ex-pat Lori Shepherd and Aunt Dimity investigate sabotage (and possible regicide) at a local Renaissance faire held in the idyllic Cotswolds village of Finch.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true....
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"While exploring the attic in her cottage near the small English village of Finch, Lori Shepherd makes an extraordinary discovery: a gleaming gold and garnet bracelet that had once belonged to Aunt Dimity. When Lori shows the garnet bracelet to Aunt Dimity, it awakens poignant memories of a doomed romance in Aunt Dimity's youth. Regretfully, Aunt Dimity asks Lori to do what she could not: return the bracelet to her unsuccessful suitor--setting Lori...