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Aunt Dimity: Snowbound

by Nancy Atherton

Series: Aunt Dimity (9)

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Cute mystery and no body was murdered ( )
  AdorableArlene | Oct 1, 2009 |
This one is about a transplanted American living in England with her husband, twin boys, a pink stuffed bunny, and a ghost. In this episode Lori gets lost on a hike and trapped in a Victorian gothic mansion during a blizzard. She has all the comforts of home except electricity, of course. A few surprise visitors make for a mysterious stay. ( )
  Kirconnell | Jul 12, 2009 |
Nancy Atherton is the queen of the cozy mysteries. This is a fun and light series that keeps you guessing. And you always get a new recipe out of the deal! What an added surprise! ( )
  Djupstrom | Apr 26, 2008 |
Okay. I found her attraction to other men too much. You are married! Stop it already! ( )
  auntdodi | Sep 25, 2007 |
This series of mysteries is focussed on American Lori Shepherd, and the ghost of "Aunt" Dimity Westwood, her late mother's English best friend. Lori never met Dimity in life, but she can communicate with her spirit though a mysterious blue journal. The series also includes apparently sentient stuffed animals and a great deal of paranormal activity. The series is extremely sweet, with the good characters being exemplars of generosity and kindness.

I am one of the people who finds the main character Lori's roving eye, recurring in the later books, rather annoying. She is married to Mister Perfect as it is, and she keeps running into and almost falling for another fabulously attractive man ! This is a less than charming plotline that isn't improved by being overused. It struck me in this book that one of the reasons that it is so jarring is that so much of the series is a tribute to people who are faithful to their One True Love, even after death. There are exceptions, but Dimity never married after her fiance's death, Lori's mother never married after being widowed. Aunt Dimity asserts someone's integrity by stating: "he remained faithful to his first love until his own tragic death ... ." It seems particularly shoddy then that Lori can't stay focussed on her own happy marriage.

In this volume, Lori, out for a hike, gets snowbound at a ( )
  juglicerr | Jul 2, 2007 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0143034588, Paperback)

Lori Shepherd and the phantom Aunt Dimity have become one of the mystery genre’s most celebrated detective duos. In their latest adventure, a pleasant woodland stroll through the English countryside is rudely cut short by the blizzard of the century, forcing Lori to take shelter in Ladythorne Abbey—an old pile still haunted by the presence of the madwoman whose prison it once was. But the abbey’s greatest secret is the priceless jewel it conceals somewhere within its cloisters—an heirloom that hides a treacherous past that Lori’s fellow guests can’t wait to get their hands on. Only Aunt Dimity’s indispensable wisdom can help Lori unravel a mystery that is considerably thicker than the accumulating snow in this page-turning treat.

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