Nancy Atherton

Everyone's favorite sleuth is back in Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch, the seventeenth installment of Nancy Atherton's cozy mystery series featuring the original paranormal detective.

When Amelia Thistle elects to move into Pussywillows, the cottage next door to Sally Pyne's tearoom in full view of the entire village, she becomes the latest person of interest in Finch. The tearoom becomes a strategically located spot for villagers to inspect their curious new neighbors' belongings as they are carted from moving truck to cottage. The hope being that their new neighbor will blend well into the community, partaking in their flower shows, bring-and-buy sales, and a host of other village activates that are the very breath of life in Finch. Lori Shepherd is the first, however, to discover that Amelia is not the quiet, unassuming woman she appears to be.

Nancy Atherton is the bestselling author of sixteen other Aunt Dimity mysteries. The first book in the series, Aunt Dimity's Death, was voted "One of the Century's 100 Favorite Mysteries" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death.

Monthly mystery fiction discussion group at a neighborhood library. Participants are encouraged to read the same mystery novel in advance of the meeting, to discuss as a group. Participants are also encouraged to bring a small dessert selection to share with other readers during the meeting. Coffee and/or juice will be provided. This month's selected mystery novel: "Aunt Dimity's Death" by Nancy Atherton, the first in her ongoing Aunt Dimity series. (cannellfan)… (more)

Nancy Atherton signs Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree.

Cozy lovers' favorite otherworldly detective cracks a classic country-house case. 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 attic, he discovers that life in Finch is anything but quiet. On top of it all, Lori and William are embroiled in a case of deception and false identity by one of Finch's own. It's nothing the plucky Lori can't handle, but once things get truly peculiar at Fairworth-moving furniture, strange sounds, and mysterious visitors-she calls on Aunt Dimity for her otherworldly guidance and uncovers the shadowy past beneath the estate's magnificent surface. Nancy Atherton's titles continue to delight fans who eagerly anticipate each new book. Her latest will draw cheers and bring new readers to this charming series. (aripoisonedpen)… (more)

Atherton, Nancy, “Aunt Dimity’s Death”.

In the first of an unusual British cozy/ghost story mystery series by Nancy Atherton, American Lori Shepherd, suffering from depression caused by her recent divorce, her mother’s death, and an erratic income, receives notice of an inheritance of a Cotswold cottage from an “Aunt Dimity” whom Lori thought was a fictional character in her mother’s bedtime stories. When Lori travels to England to meet the requirements of the will with the Boston lawyer who found her, she finds that she has inherited not just a lovely cottage but a ghost and a WWII mystery. Lori must now discover exactly who Aunt Dimity really was. Contact 510-881-7980 for information. (Haywardlibrary)… (more)