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Nancy Atherton

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http://www.aunt-dimity.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Nancy Atherton is not a white-haired Englishwoman with a softly wrinkled face, a wry smile, and wise gray eyes, nor does she live in a thatched cottage behind a babbling brook in a tranquil, rural corner of the Cotswolds.

She has never taken tea with a vicar (although she drank an Orange Squash with one once) and she doesn't plan to continue writing after her allotted time on earth (though such plans are, as well all know, subject to change without notice).

If you prefer to envision her as an Englishwoman, she urges you to cling to your illusions at all costs -- she treasures carefully nurtured illusions. She also urges you to read no further.

Because the truth is that Nancy Atherton is a dark-haired American with a generally unwrinkled face, ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 92,936 ratings · 8,372 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 15,243 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,019 ratings — published 1994 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity's Good Deed (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 4,937 ratings — published 1996 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity's Christmas (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 4,400 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity Digs In (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 4,392 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,261 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #8) 4.02 avg rating — 3,571 ratings — published 2003 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity: Detective (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #7) 3.97 avg rating — 3,466 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #11) 4.05 avg rating — 3,230 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Dimity: Snowbound (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #9) 3.99 avg rating — 3,269 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Good Deed

tags: parenthood

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“Fairy tales, as Nell had said, are always complicated.”
― Nancy Atherton

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“Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Good Deed

tags: love

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