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Viking Adult (2008), Hardcover, 240 pages
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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML: Penguin's popular Aunt Dimity series returns and "loyal fans will be thrilled by every new revelation"(Kirkus Reviews) Everyone's favorite paranormal detective is back in Nancy Atherton's thirteenth Aunt Dimity mystery-but this time Lori's supernatural confidante may not be the only one who's not quite dead. Could the cloaked figure Lori's twins saw in the woods near the family's English country cottage really have been a vampire? Atherton's ever-growing legion of fans and all fans of cozy mysteries will find themselves curling up with a nice cup of garlic- er, tea-for the most spine-tingling Aunt Dimity mystery yet..
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LibraryThing member horomnizon
Absolutely a delight! This is the first I've read in the series, and I'm sure I'll be going back to pick up the others when I have the chance. I found it to be quite the page-turner: mystery, romance, murder (sort of), family, small town community.....this one had it all.
Lori Shepherd is trying to
With the help of a friend, they begin investigating and she learns a good deal about her community that she didn't know before. Meeting some interesting characters and through some considerable hijinks, all turns out well in the end.....but the questions will keep you going until you find out the secrets of Aldercot Hall.
A great read for mystery lovers!
Lori Shepherd is trying to
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adjust to her twin boys going to school, but she's not doing well - she is fixated on all the terrible things that *could* happen, however unlikely. So when she gets a call from the headmistress at the school, she immediately thinks the worst. Her sons have seen somebody - that looked quite like a vampire - and she goes into panic mode and begins the vampire hunt.With the help of a friend, they begin investigating and she learns a good deal about her community that she didn't know before. Meeting some interesting characters and through some considerable hijinks, all turns out well in the end.....but the questions will keep you going until you find out the secrets of Aldercot Hall.
A great read for mystery lovers!
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LibraryThing member Prop2gether
Not really vampires, because, well, there is Aunt Dimity to consider and she's as "spiritual" as you can get. Again, nice cozy mystery.
LibraryThing member mstrust
An American living in the English countryside, Lori, her husband and their 5 year old twins have dramatic lives. They've survived various attempted murders, but now the boys are in school and take riding lesson at a nearby manor. When her children draw a picture of a vampire and tell everybody that
This is my first of the Aunt Dimity series, and I believe it's around the eleventh of the series, so not the best place to start. There are some good things to say. Some of the characters are interesting, and her conversations with long-dead Aunt Dimity, via book just like Harry and Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, are a good way to inject an adult voice next to Lori's, who behaves like she's barely older than her children. This is the problem I had with the story; I didn't like the main character. I know it's fantasy and not meant to be taken seriously, but it irked me right from the beginning that Lori wrings her hands over a meeting with the school's headmistress, she talks to a toy and she immediately believes that her 5 year olds really saw a vampire. She's immature, yet I think she's suppose to be charming or quirky.
I have two or three more from this series on my shelf already. While I didn't hate it, I don't think this series is for me
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they saw him, Lori takes it seriously and goes looking for the neighborhood vampire.This is my first of the Aunt Dimity series, and I believe it's around the eleventh of the series, so not the best place to start. There are some good things to say. Some of the characters are interesting, and her conversations with long-dead Aunt Dimity, via book just like Harry and Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, are a good way to inject an adult voice next to Lori's, who behaves like she's barely older than her children. This is the problem I had with the story; I didn't like the main character. I know it's fantasy and not meant to be taken seriously, but it irked me right from the beginning that Lori wrings her hands over a meeting with the school's headmistress, she talks to a toy and she immediately believes that her 5 year olds really saw a vampire. She's immature, yet I think she's suppose to be charming or quirky.
I have two or three more from this series on my shelf already. While I didn't hate it, I don't think this series is for me
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LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
A very cozy mystery. I picked this up because I'd read one other in this series and enjoyed it, but I wasn't as thrilled with this one.
In this episode, the main character, whose son has just started school, is worried and stressed about having her kid away from her. Based on stories that get back
In this episode, the main character, whose son has just started school, is worried and stressed about having her kid away from her. Based on stories that get back
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to her (and no actual evidence at all), she becomes convinced that her son is being stalked either by some kind of pervert or - a vampire. Through the course of the book, she must learn to get over it and not be an over-protective psycho mom - and to re-appreciate the joys of living in a small town where everyone knows each others' business. While I appreciate the former message (if not for myself), I disagree with the latter, but messages aside, the book was rather dull, with no actual crimes to be solved, only misapprehensions and misunderstandings. I thought more supernatural elements in the story might spice it up a bit, but was also disappointed in that regard. Show Less
LibraryThing member SmithfieldJones
Well, Nancy Atherton is a good writer, technically--all the stuff in the right place, right tense, but, dialogue a bit "invented" and plot doesn't seem to move anywhere. Characters? Well, I wouldn't invite any of them for Tea, drinks, or dinner-not because I didn't like them, but I just didn't care
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and I'd be bored to death. Show Less
LibraryThing member Krumbs
What a ninny.
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Original publication date
2008-02-21
Physical description
240 p.; 8.4 inches
ISBN
0670018546 / 9780670018543
Local notes
Aunt Dimity, 13
DDC/MDS
| Fic Mystery Atherton |