Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday

Nancy Atherton, Author, Jon Boorstin, Author Viking Books $22.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-670-03200-6

Fans of cozies with a supernatural twist will welcome Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday, the eighth in this whimsical series after 2001's Aunt Dimity: Detective. When a family gathering at the earl of Harrisford's country estate, Hailesham, provokes all sorts of mischief, from threatening letters to torched topiary, Lori Shepherd must once again call on the spirit of her dead aunt to prevent worse from happening. 5-city author tour.

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