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Aunt Dimity Digs In
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Author: Nancy Atherton
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Aunt Dimity Digs In Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140275698
ISBN: 014027569X
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140275698
ISBN: 014027569X
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Editorial Review of Aunt Dimity Digs In
The latest in this enchanting and fast-selling series, featuring the beloved ghost Aunt Dimity, opens in a picturesque English cottage where the lovable Lori Shepherd is up to her elbows in pureed carrots and formula bottles, striving to be the perfect mother to twins! Luckily, a beautiful Italian nanny arrives just in time--so Lori can help settle the local civil war stirred up by a visiting archaeologist's excavation.
With Reginald, the stuffed pink rabbit and Edmond Terrance, the stuffed tiger in tow, Lori hunts down a missing document, and the archaeologist digs up a lot more than artifacts. It is Aunt Dimity's magic blue notebook that provides the key to buried secrets and domestic malice, and shows all the residents of Finch that even the darkest acts can be overcome by forgiveness.
Customer Reviews of Aunt Dimity Digs In
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Nice intro to the villagers
Review: A good installment in the Aunt Dimity series, but probably my least favorite thus far. I'm reading them in order. This one however does give you an enchanting introduction to the Fitch neighborhood and Lori & Bill's village friends. For that alone it's worth reading, as well as a little bit of Atherton's tasty British history - this time about POW's housed in Britain.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Dimity to the Rescue
Review: In this series of very cozy mysteries there are two featured living characters. Emma and Lori are next-door neighbors and very close friends and they seem to take turns being the featured character in each entry so far. The character that isn't featured will often show up in the story but not always. The title character is always a looming presence in each story but she is quite dead but still very wise. In this particular book Lori Shepherd is the featured character along with her husband Bill and their two newborn twins Rob and Will.
The twins are just four months old as the story begins and a haggard Lori is trying to be super mom. Aunt Dimity and Bill decide that she needs help and Dimity sees to finding the perfect nanny to help her out. No sooner does she start to relax though than a major dispute breaks out in the village of Finch and she is drawn into it before she knows what is happening. It seems that the Vicar has allowed a visiting archeologist to store his equipment in the old school building and that raises the ire of fall festival coordinator Peggy Kitchen. The very outspoken Miss Kitchen is determined to drive the unwanted visitor out because she needs that school for her festival and before she is finished all of Finch has taken sides in the dispute. Not only does Peggy expect Lori to help her in her campaign but to add to her predicament the Vicar whom Kitchen is campaigning against finds that something has been stolen from the Vicarage and asks Lori to help him locate the item. As she tries to solve the mystery of the Vicarage burglary Lori runs into a ghost (besides Dimity), a witch, moon worshipers, space aliens and an archeologist who is smitten with her new nanny.
This series is the coziest of cozies because there is seldom a murder to be found and this book is no exception. Fans of more hardcore mysteries really won't like this series or this book at all but as for me I loved it. This author has a real talent for bringing her characters to life and the quirky villagers are a blast right down to the pub owners who have a dog named Grog. Despite the lack of dead bodies at every turn this mystery is very engaging and entertaining and you just never know what you might come across next. It is kind of a nice change of pace to come across a series where the characters aren't killed off just as soon as you start to get attached to them and you will get attached to these characters. Once again Nancy Atherton has given us a fun story and has allowed me to visit with old friends and meet some new ones.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Aunt Dimity Digs In.
Review: My husband and I really enjoy the escapades of the characters in the Aunt Dimity books. Love them. I am 71 my husband is 83. Lydia Angell
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: COZY INDEED
Review: The Aunt Dimity series puts the "c" in cozy, those little mysteries that are usually tame in terms of violence and profanity/sex. Which is alright, we need these kind of books. Don't expect a lot of action or dark mystery in this one though. Aunt Dimity's journal writing spirit helps new mother Lori find out what's going on in the little village of Finch. An archaelogist and his team has the town in an uproar when ancient Roman coins are found in a dig site. The local matron, Peggy Kitchen, is all agog because the vicar has let Dr. Adrian Carver use the schoolhouse to house his equipment. She wants to use it for her annual Harvest Festival. When a pamphlet shows up that intimates the dig is a fake, it is stolen and Lori has to find out who stole it. Author Nancy Atherton has small town life and its eccentrics down pretty good and the book while not an exciting read is pleasant enough and should please fans of the true cozies!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great book for a rainy afternoon with tea...
Review: Lori Shepard and her husband Bill are new parents of twin boys. Lori is finding motherhood more difficult than expected as she trys to make the entire house child proof but it's only adult proof. Aunt Dimity steps in and in her ghostly way finds a nanny for the boys and a case to be solved by Lori. This time the mystery is a stolen booklet from the vicarage. All while the town is in an up roar since an archelogist has taken over the church school hall and they may not be able to have the faire.
As usual, Aunt Dimity helps Lori to understand herself and others and leads the way to a better understanding for all. However, this doesn't solve the mystery of the stolen booklet, the witches in the dell, the alien landing craft, or the Roman craze among the villagers.
It's romping good fun. Light and refreshingly comfortable to believe in a town of true neighbors.
Review Summary: Nice intro to the villagers
Review: A good installment in the Aunt Dimity series, but probably my least favorite thus far. I'm reading them in order. This one however does give you an enchanting introduction to the Fitch neighborhood and Lori & Bill's village friends. For that alone it's worth reading, as well as a little bit of Atherton's tasty British history - this time about POW's housed in Britain.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Dimity to the Rescue
Review: In this series of very cozy mysteries there are two featured living characters. Emma and Lori are next-door neighbors and very close friends and they seem to take turns being the featured character in each entry so far. The character that isn't featured will often show up in the story but not always. The title character is always a looming presence in each story but she is quite dead but still very wise. In this particular book Lori Shepherd is the featured character along with her husband Bill and their two newborn twins Rob and Will.
The twins are just four months old as the story begins and a haggard Lori is trying to be super mom. Aunt Dimity and Bill decide that she needs help and Dimity sees to finding the perfect nanny to help her out. No sooner does she start to relax though than a major dispute breaks out in the village of Finch and she is drawn into it before she knows what is happening. It seems that the Vicar has allowed a visiting archeologist to store his equipment in the old school building and that raises the ire of fall festival coordinator Peggy Kitchen. The very outspoken Miss Kitchen is determined to drive the unwanted visitor out because she needs that school for her festival and before she is finished all of Finch has taken sides in the dispute. Not only does Peggy expect Lori to help her in her campaign but to add to her predicament the Vicar whom Kitchen is campaigning against finds that something has been stolen from the Vicarage and asks Lori to help him locate the item. As she tries to solve the mystery of the Vicarage burglary Lori runs into a ghost (besides Dimity), a witch, moon worshipers, space aliens and an archeologist who is smitten with her new nanny.
This series is the coziest of cozies because there is seldom a murder to be found and this book is no exception. Fans of more hardcore mysteries really won't like this series or this book at all but as for me I loved it. This author has a real talent for bringing her characters to life and the quirky villagers are a blast right down to the pub owners who have a dog named Grog. Despite the lack of dead bodies at every turn this mystery is very engaging and entertaining and you just never know what you might come across next. It is kind of a nice change of pace to come across a series where the characters aren't killed off just as soon as you start to get attached to them and you will get attached to these characters. Once again Nancy Atherton has given us a fun story and has allowed me to visit with old friends and meet some new ones.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Aunt Dimity Digs In.
Review: My husband and I really enjoy the escapades of the characters in the Aunt Dimity books. Love them. I am 71 my husband is 83. Lydia Angell
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: COZY INDEED
Review: The Aunt Dimity series puts the "c" in cozy, those little mysteries that are usually tame in terms of violence and profanity/sex. Which is alright, we need these kind of books. Don't expect a lot of action or dark mystery in this one though. Aunt Dimity's journal writing spirit helps new mother Lori find out what's going on in the little village of Finch. An archaelogist and his team has the town in an uproar when ancient Roman coins are found in a dig site. The local matron, Peggy Kitchen, is all agog because the vicar has let Dr. Adrian Carver use the schoolhouse to house his equipment. She wants to use it for her annual Harvest Festival. When a pamphlet shows up that intimates the dig is a fake, it is stolen and Lori has to find out who stole it. Author Nancy Atherton has small town life and its eccentrics down pretty good and the book while not an exciting read is pleasant enough and should please fans of the true cozies!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great book for a rainy afternoon with tea...
Review: Lori Shepard and her husband Bill are new parents of twin boys. Lori is finding motherhood more difficult than expected as she trys to make the entire house child proof but it's only adult proof. Aunt Dimity steps in and in her ghostly way finds a nanny for the boys and a case to be solved by Lori. This time the mystery is a stolen booklet from the vicarage. All while the town is in an up roar since an archelogist has taken over the church school hall and they may not be able to have the faire.
As usual, Aunt Dimity helps Lori to understand herself and others and leads the way to a better understanding for all. However, this doesn't solve the mystery of the stolen booklet, the witches in the dell, the alien landing craft, or the Roman craze among the villagers.
It's romping good fun. Light and refreshingly comfortable to believe in a town of true neighbors.