Nancy Atherton

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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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Nancy Atherton's Books

Average rating: 3.87 · 23,783 ratings · 2,067 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors

	Aunt Dimity's Death (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #1) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 4,344 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery #2) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,856 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #3) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,606 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #6) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,578 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #4) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 1,463 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #5) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,346 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #8) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,294 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #7) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #9) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	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 (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, #11) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,088 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	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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An Aunt Dimity Mystery (18 books)
by Nancy Atherton
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“Fairy tales, as Nell had said, are always complicated.”
― Nancy Atherton

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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

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“The Handsome Prince Handbook is mute on the subject of chronic workaholism—Prince Charming, apparently, knew how to delegate—and I didn't know where else to turn for help. What do you do when life begins to go wrong and you've used up all three wishes?”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Good Deed

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Which book would you like to see as the selection for the Group Reads category "1st book in a Mystery Series with a Female Protagonist"?

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

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Real Murders by Charlaine Harris

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Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

8 votes 6.7%

I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson

7 votes 5.9%

Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

6 votes 5.0%

The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith

4 votes 3.4%

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Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne

1 vote 0.8%

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