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Author: Nancy Atherton
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Aunt Dimity: Detective Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780142001547
ISBN: 0142001546
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2003-01-28
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Product Release Date: 2003-01-28
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780142001547
ISBN: 0142001546
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2003-01-28
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Product Release Date: 2003-01-28
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Editorial Review of Aunt Dimity: Detective
When Lori Shepherd returns from her trip to America, she is shocked to hear that Prunella "Pruneface" Hooper has been killed. This is the first murder in the village of Finch in more than a century, and everyone is in an uproar. Before the town implodes in the wake of this scandal, Lori sets out to solve the murder. Unfortunately, nearly everyone in Finch had a reason to want Mrs. Hooper dead. With the help of the ghostly Aunt Dimity and Nicholas, the enigmatic (and charming!) self-defense instructor, Lori aligns motive, means, and opportunity to unravel this delightfully tangled and gossip-filled whodunnit.
Customer Reviews of Aunt Dimity: Detective
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Aunt Dimity: Detective
Review: This is a charming mystery. I love the Aunt Dimity series, even teenagers can read this series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Series has potential, but Lori annoys
Review: I have read four of the Aunt Dimity books, and while I greatly enjoyed Aunt Dimity and the Duke, I have not enjoyed the others quite as much. This book is an appealing little cozy, but Lori annoys the daylights out of me. I am not a prude by any means and I understand the joys of observing the appealing members of the male species as much as any woman, but geesh, girl, get a grip.
I thought Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil was over the top with the whole, "let's get into bed naked with a total stranger for body heat." But I thought maybe it was the whole possession thing going on, so let's give it a try. But I swear, you would think there were no other hot women running around in Finch or the surrounding areas the way Lori gets the attention of every cute man within a 50-mile radius.
I think the books are basically interesting and the storylines are cute. They would be good beach reads or curl up in comfy chair books. But I can't be the only one for whom the "Lori stumbles on mystery and, oh my goodness, there is a sexy man just waiting to help her detect or search abandoned ruins or keep warm on those lonely cold English countryside nights" twist is getting a bit old. If you are going to have her totally man crazy, she might as well be single and living it up.
If Dimity can make her journal fly off shelves, why can't she fly into the back of Lori's head and whack her a couple of times when she behaves this way?
Make her a bit more likeable, please! Or bring Emma back in as the major character. She had her flaws too, but she was likeable.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Everyone Has a Story.
Review: #7 in the Series. In this outing, Lori returns to Finch from a 3 month visit to the states only to find that the horrible Prunella "Pruneface" Hooper has been murdered. With the help of Nicholas, the nephew of the vicars wife, they set out to find the secrets of their little town and to find out who "didn't" have a motive. Everyone in this idyllic village has a secret, but it's up to Lori and Nicholas to keep their secrets but to also solve the crime with some help from the wonderful Aunt Dimity. I enjoy the theme of Atherton's books. They are just the right amount of cozy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: My first introduction to Aunt Dimity
Review: I enjoyed the mystery aspects and how well all the characters and their stories were woven together. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I didn't find her attraction to the "other man" a problem but suspected that it might be a red herring instead.
I found the whole thing quite charming on the whole. I like this kind of mystery novel. I think it's sometimes referred to as a "cozy." I'll be reading more of Ms Atherton's books, I'm sure.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Nancy, would you puleez come up with a new plotline!
Review: While the premise of the Aunt Dimity books is original and could be entertaining, Ms. Atherton is stuck on the same theme in her books. Yes, there is some sort of mystery, but the focus seems to be more on the mutual attraction between Lori and a man other than her husband, Bill. Please! I stopped liking Lori about the third time this happened, and could not finish the last Aunt Dimity book I tried to read. Seems like Ms. Atherton is living vicariously through her fictional character. I used to write stuff like that in 7th grade, but then I grew up. I agree with another reviewer...if it's so important for Lori to be attractive to each new man in town, then let poor Bill divorce her and marry a woman who can be faithful to him and not lust after every man who comes along.
Review Summary: Aunt Dimity: Detective
Review: This is a charming mystery. I love the Aunt Dimity series, even teenagers can read this series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Series has potential, but Lori annoys
Review: I have read four of the Aunt Dimity books, and while I greatly enjoyed Aunt Dimity and the Duke, I have not enjoyed the others quite as much. This book is an appealing little cozy, but Lori annoys the daylights out of me. I am not a prude by any means and I understand the joys of observing the appealing members of the male species as much as any woman, but geesh, girl, get a grip.
I thought Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil was over the top with the whole, "let's get into bed naked with a total stranger for body heat." But I thought maybe it was the whole possession thing going on, so let's give it a try. But I swear, you would think there were no other hot women running around in Finch or the surrounding areas the way Lori gets the attention of every cute man within a 50-mile radius.
I think the books are basically interesting and the storylines are cute. They would be good beach reads or curl up in comfy chair books. But I can't be the only one for whom the "Lori stumbles on mystery and, oh my goodness, there is a sexy man just waiting to help her detect or search abandoned ruins or keep warm on those lonely cold English countryside nights" twist is getting a bit old. If you are going to have her totally man crazy, she might as well be single and living it up.
If Dimity can make her journal fly off shelves, why can't she fly into the back of Lori's head and whack her a couple of times when she behaves this way?
Make her a bit more likeable, please! Or bring Emma back in as the major character. She had her flaws too, but she was likeable.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Everyone Has a Story.
Review: #7 in the Series. In this outing, Lori returns to Finch from a 3 month visit to the states only to find that the horrible Prunella "Pruneface" Hooper has been murdered. With the help of Nicholas, the nephew of the vicars wife, they set out to find the secrets of their little town and to find out who "didn't" have a motive. Everyone in this idyllic village has a secret, but it's up to Lori and Nicholas to keep their secrets but to also solve the crime with some help from the wonderful Aunt Dimity. I enjoy the theme of Atherton's books. They are just the right amount of cozy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: My first introduction to Aunt Dimity
Review: I enjoyed the mystery aspects and how well all the characters and their stories were woven together. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I didn't find her attraction to the "other man" a problem but suspected that it might be a red herring instead.
I found the whole thing quite charming on the whole. I like this kind of mystery novel. I think it's sometimes referred to as a "cozy." I'll be reading more of Ms Atherton's books, I'm sure.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Nancy, would you puleez come up with a new plotline!
Review: While the premise of the Aunt Dimity books is original and could be entertaining, Ms. Atherton is stuck on the same theme in her books. Yes, there is some sort of mystery, but the focus seems to be more on the mutual attraction between Lori and a man other than her husband, Bill. Please! I stopped liking Lori about the third time this happened, and could not finish the last Aunt Dimity book I tried to read. Seems like Ms. Atherton is living vicariously through her fictional character. I used to write stuff like that in 7th grade, but then I grew up. I agree with another reviewer...if it's so important for Lori to be attractive to each new man in town, then let poor Bill divorce her and marry a woman who can be faithful to him and not lust after every man who comes along.