Aunt Dimity and the lost prince
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Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0670026689
- ISBN: 9780670026685
- Physical Description 246 pages.
- Publisher New York : Penguin Group, [2013]
- Copyright ©2013
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General Note: | "Viking." "The paranormal detective"--Cover. Includes recipe. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 27.50 |
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Publishers Weekly Review
Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince
Publishers Weekly
Atherton's spritely 18th paranormal cosy starring Lori Shepherd (after 2012's Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch) is an excellent jumping-on point for newcomers. Shepherd, an American expat living in the Cotswolds, has her hands full as "wife, mother, community volunteer, busybody-in-training, and chairwoman" of a nonprofit trust. Despite all this, Shepherd finds time to play sleuth, aided by the spirit of her Aunt Dimity Westwood, who fills the blank pages of a journal with her thoughts. This time, Aunt Dimity assists Lori and her family as they arrive at Skeaping Manor, a stately-home-turned museum complete with mummies and shrunken heads. While there, Lori is intrigued by a young child, Daisy Pickering, daughter of the manor's cleaning woman, who identifies a silver piece as a saltcellar. The item disappears, as do the Pickerings, and Lori becomes convinced that these events are linked with Daisy's claims that the saltcellar belonged to a lost Russian prince. Atherton's assured prose allows readers to buy into the offbeat concept for a dead assistant investigator, and things play out in traditional cosy fashion. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.