Aunt Dimity Snowbound
by Nancy Atherton
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Author: Nancy AthertonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-26
ISBN: 0670032786
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Summary: 4 Stars
If you like the series, I imagine that you will enjoy this latest installment. I enjoyed it thoroughly and I like it better than the last couple. The theme, which I will not reveal lest I give away some of the plot, is certainly one that we all have to deal with. I will probably be thinking about this for quite a while.
For people who are not familiar with the series, This is the ninth book in this series, the first being Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery). They tend to be so sweet and full of good will as well as the somewhat twee touches of "live" stuffed animals and ghosts, that I almost feel guilty for liking them. I've read every one, however, so I tell you only for your information; you presumably know your own taste. Nancy Atherton does deal with some very deep and important issues along the way; they aren't simply fluff. The mystery fan may want to be aware that these are not necessarily murder mysteries, and that the main mystery is sometimes in the past.
This is the second cozy mystery that I have read recently, Jeanne M. Dams' Winter of Discontent: A Dorothy Martin Mystery (Dorothy Martin Mysteries) being the other, that deals with forgiving crimes committed during World War II - must be the anniversary putting it in people's minds. I found this one much more satisfying.
I am one of the people who finds the main character Lori's roving eye rather annoying. She is married to Mister Perfect as it is, and she keeps running into and almost falling for another fabulously attractive man every book for the last few books! This is a less than charming plotline that isn't improved by being overused. It struck me in this book that one of the reasons that it is so jarring is that so much of the series is a tribute to people who are faithful to their One True Love, even after death. There are exceptions, but Dimity never married after her fiance's death, Lori's mother never married after being widowed. Aunt Dimity asserts someone's integrity by stating: "he remained faithful to his first love until his own tragic death ... ." It seems particularly shoddy then that Lori can't stay focussed on her own happy marriage.
Thoroughly enjoyable, a series definitely worth trying for fans of cozies.
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