Aunt Dimity - Snowbound

Zusatztext Praise for Nancy Atherton and the Aunt Dimity series "Atherton smoothly blends history! village life! and the otherworldly." — Publishers Weekly "Every scene is superbly crafted to perfection. Even if you have not read all the books in this series! I have not! you can enjoy and immerse yourself in this cozy mystery.”  — Open Book Society "I love the graceful style... the sense of tight-knit community! characters who aren’t afraid to be themselves! and! the unique paranormal element...I only wish I had learned about this series earlier."  —Gotta Write Network "In the realm of the cozy mystery! there are few series that can hold a candle to Atherton's Aunt Dimity series."  —everydayebook.com   "Atherton is a superb writer who brings a lot of charm and wit to her story."  — Suspense Magazine "Always a charming read! the Aunt Dimity series is just right for when life gets too hectic and you need to slow down a bit."  — Deadly Pleasures Magazine "Let Nancy Atherton and Aunt Dimity remind you of the reason you got hooked on books in the first place. I promise you will be scouring bookstores for more of the series after you give it a taste."  — CrimeCritics.com Informationen zum Autor Nancy Atherton is the bestselling author of twenty-two 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, Colorado. Klappentext Lori Shepherd and the phantom Aunt Dimity have become one of the mystery genre's most celebrated detective duos. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest! Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom! coming in July 2018 from Viking! 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. The holidays nearly killed me. While my clever lawer husband used work as an excuse to avoid all but the most pressing social engagements, I flung myself at Christmas with the carefree abandon of a lemming rushing headlong toward a cliff. While Bill barricaded himself behind legal files in our honey-colored cottage, I volunteered for every committee and attended every party given in or near Finch, the tiny English village we'd called home for the past six years. I adorned St. George's Church with evergreen boughs, warbled carols on a multitude of unsuspecting doorsteps, constructed scenery for the nativity play, prepared our four-year-old twin sons for their stage debuts as singing shepherds, baked enough angel cookies to choke a reindeer, and gave nearly as many parties for children as well as adults as I attended. Even when the holidays were over, even when we flew to Boston in January for our annual visit with Bill's family, I couldn't shake the tinsel from my hair. While Bill spent his days enjoying cozy chats before the fire with his delightful father, I took the twins sledding and skating and sleigh-riding and compounded my folly by whisking Bill off on sentimental journeys to revisit old friends and dine out in favorite restaurants every evening. By the time we returned to the cottage in mid-February, I was a burnt-out husk of my formerly jolly self. I winced when our sons burst into song, my gorg...

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Atherton
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.01.2005
• EAN: 9780143034582
• ISBN: 978-0-14-303458-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 175 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Aunt Dimity; Aunt Dimity Mystery; Aunt Dimity Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense