Aunt Dimity mysteries

Emma Porter, a computer analyst and amateur gardener, takes a vacation in England after her lover dumps her, and she ends up at Penford Hall, a Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where the owner, Duke Grayson Alexander, convinces her to restore his garden, and she investigates the mystery of the death of a rock star and an attack on the duke's cousin, and finds love in the process.

Lori Shepherd, freed from the restrictions of motherhood by the arrival of the beautiful nanny Francesca Sciaparelli, must call upon her ghostly Aunt Dimity for help when she becomes caught in the middle of a controversy that threatens to destroy the village as well as her nanny's budding romance with archaeologist Adrian Culver.

Lori Shepherd finds references to a treasure in a bundle of World War I letters at Wyrdhurst Hall and embarks on a search, aided by a handsome stranger.

Lori Shepherd, an American living in England, calls upon her phantom Aunt Dimity for help when she travels with her attorney husband Bill to a reading of a will at the country estate of Lord Elstyn only to be greeted by threats and secrets.

Lori Shepherd volunteers at the Radcliffe Infirmary, hoping to bring a little good cheer to the patients, but when one of the patients Lori has befriended dies, Lori finds herself drawn into a mystery and searching for a possible killer.

Lori Shepherd, recovering from a gunshot wound and plagued by nightmares of her run-in with a deranged stalker, is whisked away from England by her husband who believes she will benefit from a change of scene in Colorado, but things begin to go wrong shortly after their arrival, and Lori, aided by the ghost of Aunt Dimity, is soon caught up in investigating the mystery surrounding their vacation home.

Lori Shepard investigates whether sabotage is responsible for the series of odd accidents befalling Calvin Malvern, who is acting as King Wilfred at the village of Finch's annual faire.

"In Atherton's sixteenth mystery, Lori Shepherd returns from Down Under to her normal life in the village of Finch. But Lori's normal quickly becomes anything but. Her debonair father-in-law has moved to town and is renovating Fairworth House, a grand estate nearby. William Sr. expects a quiet, small-town life, but among the spinsters vying for his attention, shifty servants, and the discovery of a mysterious painting of a family tree in Fairworth's...

When a finely wrought silver sleigh figurine turns up in her thrift shop, Lori Shepherd recognizes it instantly. It was the object that mesmerized the sweet but very poor nine-year-old Daisy Pickering at Sproggton Manor, the bizarre Jacobean house-turned-museum Lori recently visited with her twin sons. Hoping to avoid any real commotion, Lori decides to speak with the museum curator, who turns out to be oddly uninterested in the theft. But there's...

Overseeing her baby, a family wedding and her own approaching 40th birthday celebration amid rumors that a developer has unwanted plans for Finch village, Lori bonds with a warmhearted inventor only to discover his true intentions.

"Nancy Atherton's twenty-second cozy mystery in the beloved, nationally bestselling Aunt Dimity series. It's early April in the small English village of Finch. Lori Shepherd's husband and sons are spending Easter break camping, and Lori is perfectly happy to be left at home with Bess, spared a week of roughing it with a curious toddler. The two attend a village events committee meeting and Lori is astonished when the elderly, soft-spoken widow Mrs....

It's almost Christmas in the small English village of Finch--and everyone is sick. Though many of the villagers regretfully decline their invitations to Emma and Derek Harris's annual Christmas bash, Lori Shepherd has no intention of missing it. When thewinter weather takes a turn for the worse, it's agreed that none of the guests will leave until morning. There's general merriment as the Christmas party becomes a pajama party--until a car appears...