Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #11)

by Nancy Atherton

The eleventh cozy mystery featuring everyone’s favorite phantom-detective. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking!

Nancy Atherton ’s Aunt Dimity novels have enchanted thousands of readers, and this new addition to the series is likely to broaden the spell. A series of death threats sends Lori Shepard to a remote island off the Scottish coast and to a fabulous castle restored by an eccentric friend of her husband’s. But she finds herself drawn into an elaborate whodunit that may involve smuggling—or worse. Why has a human skull washed up on the beach? Is a desolate island really the best place to hide from a murderer? As Lori draws once more on Aunt Dimity’s supernatural aid, Atherton whips equal measures of whimsy and suspense into an irresistible confection.

• ISBN10: 0143038303
• ISBN13: 9780143038306
• Publish Date: 6 February 2007 (first published 30 April 2006)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780143038306

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

This is the first of the Aunt Dimity series that I have read, and I would like to backtrack and perhaps read the first in the series to find out more about the setup. It's well explained in the story but it would be nice to expand on it.

In this story Lori's husband Bill is getting death threats, not only about himself but also about his family. In order to assure their safety he gets Sir Percy to bring them to his isolated island off Scotland.

Lori is stressed, has a bodyguard and is seeing things on a smaller deserted island near the other island.

It's a sweet story and some of my guesses were off which amused me greatly.