Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch (Aunt Dimity Mystery)
Absolutely all the residents of Finch, a remote Cotswold village, are in place on a rainy October morning to get their first glimpse of Amelia Thistle, the new owner of Pussywillow Cottage. Ensconced in a window seat in the local tearoom is Lori Shepherd, an American who settled in Finch after inheriting a cottage from her mother’s dear friend, “Aunt” Dimity. After two local art specialists bolt from the tearoom upon seeing Thistle, Lori learns that the cottage’s new owner is, in fact, renowned artist Mae Bowen, who has a fanatical group of followers from whom she is seeking anonymity. Thistle/Bowen is also seeking information on a seventeenth-century witch to fulfill a mission of her recently deceased brother. Differing from others in the Aunt Dimity series, there is no murder here, but there is a crime. Lori marshals the village, from the vicar to her own sons, to solve the crime, using the otherworldly Aunt Dimity to fill in gaps in their knowledge of Finch. Fans of the series will enjoy seeing Lori’s twin boys growing up and the increased involvement of her father-in-law in the life of the village. --Karen Muller--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.