Synopses & Reviews
The eleventh cozy mystery featuring everyones favorite phantom-detective Nancy Atherton s Aunt Dimity novels have enchanted thousands of readers, and this new addition to the series is likely to broaden the spell. A series of death threats sends Lori Shepard to a remote island off the Scottish coast and to a fabulous castle restored by an eccentric friend of her husbands. But she finds herself drawn into an elaborate whodunit that may involve smugglingor worse. Why has a human skull washed up on the beach? Is a desolate island really the best place to hide from a murderer? As Lori draws once more on Aunt Dimitys supernatural aid, Atherton whips equal measures of whimsy and suspense into an irresistible confection.
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Nancy Atherton is a simply wonderful writer. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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A charming mystery, filled with warmth and affection. (Deadly Pleasures)
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Nancy Atherton is a simply wonderful writer. (
The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
A charming mystery, filled with warmth and affection. (Deadly Pleasures)
Synopsis
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. Reprint.
Synopsis
The eleventh cozy mystery featuring everyone's favorite phantom-detective. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest,
Aunt Dimity and the Widow's Curse, coming in May 2017 from Viking
Nancy Atherton 's Aunt Dimity novels have enchanted thousands of readers, and this new addition to the series is likely to broaden the spell. A series of death threats sends Lori Shepard to a remote island off the Scottish coast and to a fabulous castle restored by an eccentric friend of her husband's. But she finds herself drawn into an elaborate whodunit that may involve smuggling--or worse. Why has a human skull washed up on the beach? Is a desolate island really the best place to hide from a murderer? As Lori draws once more on Aunt Dimity's supernatural aid, Atherton whips equal measures of whimsy and suspense into an irresistible confection.
About the Author
Nancy Atherton is the author of six Aunt Dimity novels: Aunt Dimity’s Death, Aunt Dimity and the Duke, Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed, Aunt Dimity Digs In, Aunt Dimity’s Christmas, and Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (all available from Penguin). She lives next to a cornfield in central Illinois.