Award NameDilys AwardAward categoryMystery NovelDescriptionThe beloved Aunt Dimity returns in this delightful follow-up to the book that launched the Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Athertons latest, Aunt Dimity and the Kings Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking Emma Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of Englands glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where she finds a duke in search of a missing lantern with extraordinary powers. Suspecting theres more than one mystery to be solved at Penford Hall, Emma accepts the dukes invitation to stay on and restore the once glorious chapel garden to its former beauty. The dark rumors surrounding a rock star and the near-death of the dukes beautiful cousin confirm Emmas suspicions, and set her--with Aunt Dimitys ghostly guidance--on the path to Penford Halls secrets and the pleasure of unexpected love.About the AuthorNancy Atherton is the bestselling author of twenty-two Aunt Dimity Mysteries. The first book in the series, Aunt Dimitys Death, was voted One of the Centurys 100 Favorite Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.