Aunt Dimity mysteries
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
1993, c1992
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Lori, recently divorced and struggling as a temp in Boston, discovers that she stands to inherit the sizable estate of her mother's long-time friend, Aunt Dimity--provided she fulfills one condition.
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1994
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Emma Porter, a computer analyst and amateur gardener, takes a vacation in England after her lover dumps her, and she ends up at Penford Hall, a Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where the owner, Duke Grayson Alexander, convinces her to restore his garden, and she investigates the mystery of the death of a rock star and an attack on the duke's cousin, and finds love in the process.
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1996
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A tale of marital adventure and family mystery featuring Lori Shepherd, the wife of a Boston lawyer. On a visit to England to acquaint herself with her in-laws she discovers scandal and a handsome cousin. Through it all she is guided by the ghost of an aunt. A cozy charmer.
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1999, c1998
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Lori Shepherd, freed from the restrictions of motherhood by the arrival of the beautiful nanny Francesca Sciaparelli, must call upon her ghostly Aunt Dimity for help when she becomes caught in the middle of a controversy that threatens to destroy the village as well as her nanny's budding romance with archaeologist Adrian Culver.
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Lori Shepherd, having just returned to her idyllic English cottage after a visit to America, agrees to investigate when the police come up short in their inquiry into the murder of local gossip Prunella Hooper, knowing she can count on the supernatural help of her long-dead Aunt Dimity.
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2006
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Lori Shepherd finds danger hitting closer to home than she would like when someone begins sending her attorney husband death threats involving Lori and their twins, forcing Lori and the twins to flee to the home of Sir Percy Pelham, where they hope to be safe from harm.
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2007
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Lori Shepherd, recovering from a gunshot wound and plagued by nightmares of her run-in with a deranged stalker, is whisked away from England by her husband who believes she will benefit from a change of scene in Colorado, but things begin to go wrong shortly after their arrival, and Lori, aided by the ghost of Aunt Dimity, is soon caught up in investigating the mystery surrounding their vacation home.
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2008
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Lori Shepherd, alarmed when her five-year-old twins come home with a story about seeing a cloaked figure with bloodstained lips lurking in the nearby woods, calls upon the ghost of her Aunt Dimity for supernatural help in learning the truth about a mystery that has haunted her Cotswold village for decades.
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2010
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Lori Shepherd leaves the small English village of Finch and heads to New Zealand at the request of her beloved, elderly neighbors Louise and Ruth Pym, who want Lori to locate their long-lost brother Aubrey, a disinherited scoundrel, before they die, and she is aided in her quest by her ghostly mentor Aunt Dimity, and charming Kiwi, Cameron Mackenzie.
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2011
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"In Atherton's sixteenth mystery, Lori Shepherd returns from Down Under to her normal life in the village of Finch. But Lori's normal quickly becomes anything but. Her debonair father-in-law has moved to town and is renovating Fairworth House, a grand estate nearby. William Sr. expects a quiet, small-town life, but among the spinsters vying for his attention, shifty servants, and the discovery of a mysterious painting of a family tree in Fairworth's...
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2012
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When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch she just wants to solve the riddle that brought her to town. A family diary alluded to the fact that one of Amelia's ancestors might have been Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch. Lori Shepherd, who knows that Amelia's a world-famous artist, helps Amelia conceal her identity. With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly help, Lori may unravel the truth about Amelia and Mistress Meg.
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2013
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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 Pickering at Sproggton Manor, the bizarre Jacobean house-turned-museum Lori recently visited with her twin sons. Hoping to avoid any real commotion, Lori decides to speak with the museum curator, who turns out to be oddly uninterested in the theft. But there's...
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2014.
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"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....
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"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...
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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....
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 23
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"On a dull and dreary October day, Lori Shepherd and her husband Bill set off for the historic town of Rye, on the southeast coast of England, for a quiet weekend together without the kids. Bill must first pay a visit to a reclusive client--but after Lori drops him off, a powerful storm drives her off course and leaves her stranded in an ancient, rambling inn called The King's Ransom. When Lori is spooked by ghostly noises in the night, Aunt Dimity...
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 24
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It's almost Christmas in the small English village of Finch--and everyone is sick. Though many of the villagers regretfully decline their invitations to Emma and Derek Harris's annual Christmas bash, Lori Shepherd has no intention of missing it. When thewinter weather takes a turn for the worse, it's agreed that none of the guests will leave until morning. There's general merriment as the Christmas party becomes a pajama party--until a car appears...
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Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 25
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"It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation. Will the cottage's newest resident prove yet again its enchanting ability to matchmake? But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being a part...