Title: Aunt Dimity takes a holiday
Description: When Lori Shepherd's husband, Bill, is summoned to the reading of a will at the resplendent country estate of Earl Elstyn, Lori jumps at the chance to come along. She didn't expect, however, to find herself entangled in a messy—and dangerous—family dispute. The aristocratic earl has called together the entire Elstyn family to disclose the beneficiaries of his fortune, and all present will be affected. But someone has a grudge against the Elstyns and will stop at nothing for revenge.A burning topiary, a suspicious maid, family secrets, and threatening notes lead Lori to seek her phantom Aunt Dimity's help in identifying the culprit before he or she can torch the whole house—with the guests in it
Subjects: Mystery, Aunt Dimity (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, Open Library Staff Picks, Country homes, Ghost stories, Inheritance and succession, Ghosts, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Dimity, aunt (fictitious character), fiction
Places: England, Cotswold Hills, Cotswold Hills (England)