Aunt Dimnity and the Heart of Gold

 

Shirley J.                          Adult Fiction                  England, winter, ghost communicating, mysteries

Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold by Nancy Atherton  240 pages

Excellent story!   The story itself is a good one and the ghost communication with Aunt Dimity is almost a footnote rather than a major part of the story but that is o.k. because the story is such a good one.  Christmas time in England current day and the story is so alive and real seeming you can picture the whole thing as if you are right there.   The friends are so funny and fun, the countryside covered in ice and snow and all the yuletide events going on.  Then there is the dinner party that ends up a search and rescue mission, with new friends and blooming romance a foot.   The weather is almost another character in the mix and the new mysterious lady so full of knowledge but so introverted any info the gossipy folk can dig out of her is like pulling teeth!   One mystery leads to another then to another but it is fascinating and you reader, will learn so much along the way.  History abounds and what could possibly tie all the loose ends together?   Will they ever solve what is up with that strange room and what its purpose might be?   Whoa!  Wait a minute, what is that stuff insider there?  Yikes!  More mysteries!   Excellent story, excellent dialogue.  This too, I find is part of a really big series all involving the ghost Aunt Dimity.   I will likely check out the rest of the series because I like the people so much.    I recommend this to mature middle schoolers on up.