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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Cute mystery and no body was murdered ( )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. 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! Okay. I found her attraction to other men too much. You are married! Stop it already! 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 no reviews | add a review
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