When I see a mystery book cover with an adorable pink bunny sitting at a table, I am compelled to look at it. And when the title of the book is Aunt Dimity's Death, I certainly must read it. This can be a hit or miss way to find entertaining books, but in this case taking the chance paid off.
Aunt Dimity's Death is the first book in a series of fourteen (so far!) by Nancy Atherton. Lori Shepherd is down on her luck when she finds out an aunt she didn't even know existed has died. Aunt Dimity was a friend of her mother, and was working on a collection of stories. In her will she requests that Lori write an introduction and finish preparing the book. Dimity had a lovely cottage in the English countryside where Lori can work, accompanied by Bill Willis- one of the lawyers, who happens to be pretty cute! In England, Lori finds forty years of correspondence between Dimity and her mother, and a mysterious spirit that haunts the cottage.
These books are charming and "lightweight" mysteries. Suggested for readers who like Donna Andrews, Dorothy Cannell, Joanne Pence, and other whimsical writers.
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