The debut that kicked off twenty-two books (and counting...) of the bestselling, beloved Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Athertons latest, Aunt Dimity and the Widows Curse, coming in May 2017 from Viking Lori Shepherd thought Aunt Dimity was just a character in a bedtime story... ...Until the Dickensian law firm of Willis & Willis summons her to a reading of the womans will. Down-on-her-luck Lori learns shes about to inherit a siazable estate--if she can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters in Dimitys English country cottage. What begins as a fairy tale becomes a mystery--and a ghost story--in an improbably cozy setting, as Aunt Dimitys indominable spirit leads Lori on an otherworldly quest to discover how, in this life, true love can conquer all.