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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Physical Desc
290 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
274 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1993, c1992
Physical Desc
244 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lori, recently divorced and struggling as a temp in Boston, discovers that she stands to inherit the sizable estate of her mother's long-time friend, Aunt Dimity--provided she fulfills one condition.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lori Shepherd finds danger hitting closer to home than she would like when someone begins sending her attorney husband death threats involving Lori and their twins, forcing Lori and the twins to flee to the home of Sir Percy Pelham, where they hope to be safe from harm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lori Shepherd, having just returned to her idyllic English cottage after a visit to America, agrees to investigate when the police come up short in their inquiry into the murder of local gossip Prunella Hooper, knowing she can count on the supernatural help of her long-dead Aunt Dimity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lori Shepherd's plans for a perfect Christmas go far off track when she discovers a nearly-dead tramp beneath her lilac bushes and becomes obsessed with discovering who he is and why he was so intent on reaching her cottage.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true....
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
199 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch she just wants to solve the riddle that brought her to town. A family diary alluded to the fact that one of Amelia's ancestors might have been Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch. Lori Shepherd, who knows that Amelia's a world-famous artist, helps Amelia conceal her identity. With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly help, Lori may unravel the truth about Amelia and Mistress Meg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
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