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Summary: Stephen King, meet Agatha Christie
Review: Mix Agatha Christie with Stephen King's good twin and you have the Aunt Dimity mystery series--now seven long--by Nancy Atherton. Aunt Dimity is the most benign of ghosts who has left her fortune and a golden cottage in the Cotswalds to her best friend's daughter, Lori Shepherd. In this installment Lori investigates the murder of the village busybody who has created doubt and fear among the eccentric villagers through her malicious gossip mongering.Assisted by Aunt Dimity, who communicates through elegant copperplate manuscript in a slender blue notebook, Lori eventually uncovers the murderer, and as importantly, is able to, barely, resist her feelings for a man certainly not her husband. This series is frothy and light, all the while acknowledging the sexual side of the the major protagonists. (Agatha missed that trick as I recall!). I'm a big, burly, slightly profane middle-aged man and I really like this series. You can start anywhere--I started with this one--but were you able to read them sequentially you'd have a better understanding of the characters as the author develops them over time. But wherever you are able to start, start!
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Summary: Left a stale taste.......
Review: The mystery interested me more, and the characters were mostly
more fun. And I enjoyed the rather unusual killer.
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Summary: I enjoyed this entry in the series much more than the last.
Review: The mystery interested me more, and the characters were mostly
more fun. And I enjoyed the rather unusual killer.
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Summary: Neo-Victorian Style Mystery
Review: 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. These stories have you on the edge of your seat and make you feel like you really know the characters. Light fantasy - but great mystery.
Ideal for a stormy night.
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Summary: Neo-Victorian Style Mystery
Review: 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. These stories have you on the edge of your seat and make you feel like you really know the characters. Light fantasy - but great mystery.
Ideal for a stormy night.
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Summary: Aunt Dimity: Detective....
Review: 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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Summary: Aunt Dimity: Detective....
Review: 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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