Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery)

by Nancy Atherton

Book Overview

The beloved Aunt Dimity returns in this delightful follow-up to the book that launched the Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom , coming in July... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140178414
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Read the Entire Aunt Dimity Series...

Nancy Atherton does not center this book around her usual title character, Lori Shepherd - but rather around her English neighbors and best friends. It is a delightful sideroad to travel down. The entire series is simply delightful and a great read.

Aunt Dimity series

If you aren't acquainted with Aunt Dimity, you have a wonderful experience in store for you. Do it now! Don't read the synopsis...just buy the books...all of them...then read and enjoy. They are delightfully unexpected. Both the men and the women in our family love them. We feel that the less you know about them before you read them the better. We only wish there were more of them.

Aunt Dimity's Best...So Far!

Love the series. Aunt Dimity and the Duke is my favorite thus far. The descriptions of English gardens were breathtaking. Made me feel I was there and also made me want to return for another visit! Nancy makes the characters come to life and you can't help but fall in love with them. I'm anxious for her next book release.

Wonderful book in a Wonderful Series

Although this is the second book of the Dimity series I would recommend reading this one first as it is sort-of an off shoot from the character in the first book Lori - if you read Atherton's first book Aunt Dimity's Death first you sort-of loose some of the excitement of this book but it is still fabulous and fun.Aunt Dimity and the Duke is set once again in the lush countryside of England. This time, as I said above - Aunt Dimity helps out Emma, who subsequently becomes Lori's best friend, (this book takes place before her first in the series)who takes a position gardening at a local mansion. There she meets Derek and helps to solve a mystery!A wonderfully fun book.

Refreshing read - it will leave you smiling!

If you are a fan of the "creamy bosoms" or "the rotten corpse revealed..." genre then Nancy Atherton's series will be too tame for you. IF, however, you are overwhelmed by the school shootings, drive-by shootings, drugs, earthquakes, and other natural and man-made mayhem then these books are PERFECT! Ms. Atherton's writing is elegant yet humorous, each chapter begins and ends with a hook without relying on blood, sex and gore for suspense. Our entire family has gobbled up the series (and we're lovers of such diverse authors as Patricia Cornwell and Garrison Keillor)! This series is also effective for bridging my 12-year old daughter from "babysitters" to more sophisticated literature. She, too,is hooked. TO: Nancy Atherton Re: MORE BOOKS! Write faster, girlfriend. We love you!