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by Nancy Atherton (Author) "My family and I were three thousand miles away when the murder took place in Finch ..." (more)
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A newcomer to town quickly shows herself to be hateful, spiteful, and malicious, so her subsequent murder involves numerous suspects. Lori and her ghostly aunt investigate. A comfortable addition to the popular and enchanting "Aunt Dimity" series.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The wish fulfillment overflows in Atherton's series of very cozy cozies. American-born Lori, her attorney husband, Bill, and their adorable twin sons live near Finch, in a Cotswold cottage left her by her mother's friend, Dimity, who offers Lori advice from beyond in the form of ghost writing in a blue leather journal. 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. She is aided in this by Nicholas, the charismatic nephew of the vicar, who has come to visit Finch for reasons of his own. Bill conveniently stays in London while Lori gets to the bottom of things, which include the local Wicca, the ninetysomething Pym sisters, an old heartbreak from World War II, and assorted characters from central casting, British charm division. GraceAnne DeCandido
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aunt Dimity: Detective...., Mar 15 2004
By K. A. Stevenson "WIAPilot" (Tucson) - See all my reviews
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This series is just delightful. They are not ANYTHING like a Stephen King book (his are brilliant, but they scare me so much - I can't even begin to read another one). They are maybe similar to comparing witch tales to Wizard of OZ. Aunt Dimity is like someone's "Aunt Bee." They do NOT dwell really at all in the spirital, ghostly aspect.

Start with the 1st - "Aunt Dimity's Death" and I promise that you will come back for more.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed . . ., Oct 24 2003
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Having been in the vortex of some pretty vicious rumors recently, I found myself totally engrossed in this book. I haven't read any of the Dimity series, but I enjoyed this one.

I have to admit the Lori-resists-a-handsome-man was a bit off-putting because there was enough tension in the main plot line to keep the action moving forward.

Atherton's message here was: one bad apple CAN spoil the whole bunch -- if you're not careful. It happened in my town and it happened in Finch.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best..., Sep 13 2003
By Louis M. Perdue (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoy this series as it does not take the ghost tactic too far. Aunt Dimity, the "ghost" in the series, does not play a large part in the solving of the mysteries but is very much a side character.

In this entry, Lori is trying to discover the person responsible for the murder of a not-so-nice newcomer to Finch. The principal suspect is her friend Kit, who first appeared in an earlier episode of the series and she knows that he is innocent. Along the way to solving the crime (which Lori does not really solve), she and the vicar's nephew, Nicholas, discover some pretty dark secrets about several villagers.

I almost rated this 3 stars as I figured out how the victim was killed and, more disappointing, I am getting tired of Lori always meeting and halfway falling in love with a handsome stranger. It seems like in every single story, she is having to stave off emotional and physical attraction to some man. While I am sure that happens in many marriages once, it is getting a little tiresome when you realize that she has done this a few times.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun in the Cotswolds.
Here we are in the Cotswolds, but this is a completely different view of the Cotswolds than that of M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin books, which are also a lot of fun. Read more
Published on Mar 17 2003 by MLPlayfair

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much fun...
I was pretty disappointed in this latest Aunt Dimity installment. I really enjoyed all the previous books in the series, and was very much looking forward to this one. Read more
Published on Jul 26 2002 by Bookworm

4.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King, meet Agatha Christie
Mix Agatha Christie with Stephen King's good twin and you have the Aunt Dimity mystery series--now seven long--by Nancy Atherton. Read more
Published on April 24 2002 by John Knight

5.0 out of 5 stars Neo-Victorian Style Mystery
This is a wonderful series for those of us who love a good mystery and hate all the sex and violence that is put into the books for NO REASON. Read more
Published on April 19 2002 by Joann Fantina

2.0 out of 5 stars Left a stale taste.......
I was dissappointed in this latest Aunt Dimity. While the earlier
books are charming, this one bothered me. The reason is the way
Lori is developing. Read more
Published on Dec 28 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this entry in the series much more than the last.
The mystery interested me more, and the characters were mostly
more fun. And I enjoyed the rather unusual killer.
Published on Dec 10 2001 by Monica K. Van Ness

5.0 out of 5 stars Number seven close to the best
In this cozy, number seven of the series, it is the victim you will love to hate, and that makes it all the cozier. Read more
Published on Dec 3 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars With One Reservation, as Nice as the Rest
In what I consider a REAL cozy, only horrible, nasty people die and the killer isn't terribly nice, either. This mystery fulfills the first part admirably. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2001 by Ann E. Nichols

5.0 out of 5 stars A murder in Finch!
Lori Shepherd has just returned from a holiday visit to her husband Bill Willis' family in Boston. She is surprised to learn that a newcomer to the village, Prunella (Pruneface)... Read more
Published on Oct 13 2001 by Moe811

5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet cozy
American expatriates Bill Willis and Lori Shepherd were staying with his parents in Boston when someone in their English village of Finch killed "Pruneface" Hooper. Read more
Published on Oct 3 2001 by Harriet Klausner

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