Aunt Dimity and the Summer King (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #20)

by Nancy Atherton

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.

• ISBN10: 1410478556
• ISBN13: 9781410478559
• Publish Date: 6 May 2015 (first published 14 April 2015)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 16 June 2021
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 345
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

This is one of those series I keep reading out of loyalty to the love I have for the first few.  They're still good, but they're not the great they used to be.  Cozy morality tales for adults, these would play so much better of the MC Lori didn't have to be such a blooming idiot in order for the author to make her point.  How are you independently wealthy with advance degrees, live in the UK for 10 years and not know what "freehold" property is?   

Still, I'm addicted to the village of Finch and the incredible secondary characters Atherton creates.  I'd give a lot to live in a village with the Summer King; he's exactly what I'd love to be when I grow up.   

I'll keep reading these, but I have to resign myself to the author turning her protagonist into a simpleton, I suppose.  It's worth the price to keep visiting everyone else in Finch.