Author: Nancy Atherton
Published: June 18th 2019 by Viking
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: Aunt Dimity Mystery #24
Finally, an Aunt Dimity book where Lori Sheppard is not treating her 10-year-old sons as if they were still teething and wearing short pants. Her helicopter parenting was truly getting on my nerves but she seems to have broken that mold, and not only introduced a more mature style but has introduced a tale which will keep her readers engaged.
There is no need to have read the previous 23 books in this series to understand Lori Sheppard or the village of Finch since Nancy Atherton spends the first few pages reacquainting her readers. There is a bit of repetition when she rehashes her findings with mystical Aunt Dimity, but that, along with her always needing to light the fire before she settles down for her evening discussion, is just one of the many quirks in this series.
What begins as a pre-Christmas party at Anscombe Manor quickly turns into a history lesson when Emma shows the ladies, and an unexpected guest, a curious room which had never been properly identified on any building plans. Not only is this room a mystery, but there is yet another curiosity hidden within its walls. Thus, leading the ladies on a tour of old archives and bumping down country lanes in search of a family’s history.
I enjoy the simplicity of this series, of revisiting the busybodies and laughing as the friends jump to all sorts of conclusions before realizing their over-romanticizing tends to get in the way. Granted, there is usually a moral and a happily ever after, but on occasion, you just close the book shaking your head.
There is no need to have read the previous 23 books in this series to understand Lori Sheppard or the village of Finch since Nancy Atherton spends the first few pages reacquainting her readers. There is a bit of repetition when she rehashes her findings with mystical Aunt Dimity, but that, along with her always needing to light the fire before she settles down for her evening discussion, is just one of the many quirks in this series.
What begins as a pre-Christmas party at Anscombe Manor quickly turns into a history lesson when Emma shows the ladies, and an unexpected guest, a curious room which had never been properly identified on any building plans. Not only is this room a mystery, but there is yet another curiosity hidden within its walls. Thus, leading the ladies on a tour of old archives and bumping down country lanes in search of a family’s history.
I enjoy the simplicity of this series, of revisiting the busybodies and laughing as the friends jump to all sorts of conclusions before realizing their over-romanticizing tends to get in the way. Granted, there is usually a moral and a happily ever after, but on occasion, you just close the book shaking your head.
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