...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 ta[...]
Emma Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of England's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her t[...]
With rain crashing down on her Range Rover, as it climbs up a steep embankment on the Northumberland moors, Lori Shepherd is beginning to doubt the wisdom of her decision to evaluate a rare book collection at Wyrdhurst Hall.
The grim, neo-gothic hall that greets her upon arrival is full of surp[...]
Trapped by a blizzard with two other stranded backpackers in Ladyhouse Abbey, the magnificent home of the late Lucasta DeClerke, Lori Shepherd is faced with a plot to steal a priceless DeClerke family heirloom, an unstable caretaker, and the haunting presence of Lucasta, an enigmatic madwoman whose [...]
Volunteering at the Radcliffe Infirmary, world-weary Lori Shepherd befriends a lonely retired secretary who soon after passes away, and when Lori discovers that the woman possessed a considerable estate, she attempts to locate the woman's next-of-kin. By the author of Aunt Dimity: Snowbound. Reprint[...]
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 Dimi[...]
The world's original paranormal detective returns
Nancy Atherton 's Aunt Dimity series has charmed its way into the hearts of mystery fans everywhere, finding a larger audience with each new book. In "Aunt Dimity Goes West," Atherton's vivid storytelling and knack for bringing a setting to life[...]
Penguin's popular Aunt Dimity series returns and "loyal fans will be thrilled by every new revelation"("Kirkus Reviews")
Everyone's favorite paranormal detective is back in Nancy Atherton's thirteenth Aunt Dimity mystery-but this time Lori's supernatural confidante may not be the only one who's[...]
Everyone's favorite supernatural detective steps in to thwart unchivalrous deeds at a Renaissance fair
With Penguin's Fall 2009 publication of "Introducing Aunt Dimity, Paranormal Detective" certain to attract new readers to the popular cozy series, "Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon" is poised as t[...]
Lori Shepherd travels to New Zealand in Aunt Dimity's fifteenth charming adventure.
Mystery readers everywhere continue to be won over by Nancy Atherton's popular cozy series. In the latest installment, Lori Shepherd is bereft when she learns that her beloved neighbors, Ruth and Louise Pym, may[...]
The gentle spirit's sixteenth adventure is a "New York Times" bestseller and as "cozy and charming as a cup of Earl Grey" (Bookpage.com).After a dizzying time Down Under, Lori Shepherd returns to Finch and finds that her wealthy father-in-law, William Willis, Sr., has just purchased a splendid ten-a[...]
Nancy Atherton's follow-up to her recent "New York Times" bestseller sees the sleepy village of Finch set aflutter by a bewitching mystery from its past 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[...]
On the heels of two bestsellers, everyone's favorite paranormal detective embarks on her eighteenth cozy adventure
It's a cold, dreary February in the sleepy village of Finch and Lori Shepherd has two stir-crazy kids on her hands. So she leaps at the chance to visit Skeaping Manor, a bizarre Jac[...]
It's a cold, dreary February in the sleepy village of Finch and Lori Shepherd has two stir-crazy seven-year-old boys on her hands. So when her good friend Bree Pym suggests an outing to Skeaping Manor, the bizarre Jacobean-house-turned-museum, Lori leaps at the chance. There she meets Daisy Pickerin[...]
Cozy mystery lovers' favorite paranormal sleuth is back with her nineteenth otherworldly adventure
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 ou[...]
Cozy mystery lovers' favorite paranormal sleuth is back with her eighteenth otherworldly adventure
When a finely wrought silver sleigh figurine turns up in her thrift shop, Lori Shepherd recognizes it instantly. It was the object that mesmerized the sweet but very poor nine-year-old Daisy Picke[...]
Cosy crime lovers' favourite paranormal sleuth is back in her twentieth otherworldly adventure. There's trouble in Finch. Four recently sold cottages are standing empty, and the locals fear that a developer plans to turn their cosy village into an enclave of overpriced weekend homes. But for once [...]