Amazon.com: Aunt Dimity and the Duke (9781568659039): Nancy Atherton: Books

Book Description

Publication Date: 1995

a mystery by the author of 'Aunt Dimity's Good Deed'

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } a mystery by the author of 'Aunt Dimity's Good Deed'

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Nancy Atherton Page

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

22 Reviews

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

Average Customer Review

4.2 out of 5 stars (22 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming Feminine Gothic Is Delightful Addition to Series, January 3, 2005

By

Antoinette Klein (Hoover, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery) (Paperback)

Although this is the second in the charming Aunt Dimity series, it is chronologically the first in the ongoing story of one enchanting English woman who changes lives for the better.

This time we meet homely American computer nerd Emma Porter. She has just been dumped by her longtime beau for a glamorous younger woman. Rather than cancel their planned trip to view the gardens of England, she decides to make the journey solo. An avid gardener herself, she feels this is just the balm her troubled ego needs. She gets far more than she bargained for when a pair of elderly sisters send her to view fabulous gardens owned by a Duke. Before hse has barely set foot on the soil, she finds herself designing the Duke's chapel gardens, preparing for a once-a-century fete, reconnecting a handsome handyman with his two young children, solving the murder of a rock star, and leading the Duke to wed the woman he has desired for years. Meanwhile, Aunt Dimity keeps her finger in the pie and all live happily ever after, or so we surmise.

If you like your mysteries light with a good-natured ghost and love in the air, you'll enjoy this one.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comment

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aunt Dimity series, June 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery) (Paperback)

If you aren't acquainted with Aunt Dimity, you have a wonderful experience in store for you. Do it now! Don't read the synopsis...just buy the books...all of them...then read and enjoy. They are delightfully unexpected. Both the men and the women in our family love them. We feel that the less you know about them before you read them the better. We only wish there were more of them.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comment

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read the Entire Aunt Dimity Series..., March 14, 2004

By

K. A. Stevenson "WIAPilot" (Tucson) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)

Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)

This review is from: Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Mystery) (Paperback)

Nancy Atherton does not center this book around her usual title character, Lori Shepherd - but rather around her English neighbors and best friends. It is a delightful sideroad to travel down.

The entire series is simply delightful and a great read.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse | Permalink

Comment Comment

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 22 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise
I'm not sure quite what I expected, and reading them out of order began to start the confusion but seemed to actually add to the fun, at least it did once I figured out about Aunt... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Joseph Albanese

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Entertaining
I thought that the first Aunt Dimity book was stellar, but this book out passes it. Aunt Dimity and the Duke isn't really as much about Aunt Dimity as it is about the Duke and... Read more

Published on December 5, 2009 by C. A Scovel

5.0 out of 5 stars Cozy mystery/romance/ghost story
This is the second in the AUNT DIMITY series of mystery/romance/ghost cozies.

As the story opens a young boy is fleeing from his father who is selling off the family... Read more

Published on November 16, 2008 by Jeanne Tassotto

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible book - don't bother
This is one of the worst books I have ever read! It is billed as a mystery and there is no mystery. Read more

Published on August 11, 2008 by Judith Lesner

5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Off the Beaten Path...
Unlike the other books in this series, Lori Shepherd, the usual heroine, makes no appearance. Also, Aunt Dimity doesn't show up much, and the mystery is of a bit different tenor... Read more

Published on June 5, 2008 by L. Jager

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware of English Twins in Hedge Mazes
As I began reading this book I almost immediately found that I was totally confused. Lori and Bill, the main characters from the first book were nowhere to be seen and in their... Read more

Published on April 10, 2007 by Dennis Phillips

1.0 out of 5 stars Good until the end.
I started to read this book with avid interest. I was really touched by young Peter's memory of his mother, and I loved the story behind the stained glass window. Read more

Published on October 27, 2006 by lady victoria

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great Dimity book
The Aunt Dimity series is made up of great, light reads that are really fun. No heavy thinking here; just an enjoyable, lighthearted book. Read more

Published on February 1, 2006 by C. Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars A hint of romance and a dash of the paranormal.
Heroine: plump

CompuTech executive Emma Porter, a dumped frump abandoned by her lover of 15 years for a blonde sylph 20 years her junior,�is anxious to leave New England... Read more

Published on June 1, 2004 by curvynovelsdotinfo

3.0 out of 5 stars Aunt Dimity and the Duke
I read all the Aunt Dimity books. This one was a little slower in the beginning, but once your in, it's a good read. Read more

Published on November 26, 2001 by Laurie Kinkead

› See all 22 customer reviews...

Inside This Book (learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.

First Sentence:
"All of the good men are either married or gay," Rita declared. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grassy corridor, chapel garden, grub hoe, rounded door, duke nodded

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nanny Cole, Penford Hall, Lex Rex, Penford Harbor, Lady Nell, Aunt Dimity, Miss Emma, Kate Cole, Bright Lady, Syd Bishop, Miss Kate, Miss Porter, Queen Eleanor, Bransley Manor, Chief Constable Trevoy, Emma Porter, Master Peter, Good Lord, Nurse Tharby, Killerton Park, Tom Trevoy, Auntie Beatrice, Miss Susannah, Boy Scouts, Dimity Westwood

New!
Concordance | Text Stats

Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!