Aunt Dimity And The Deep Blue Sea

With the help of Aunt Dimity, the phantom detective, Lori Shepherd begins to piece together clues about an illegal smuggling operation on an island off the coast of Scotland, unaware of the growing danger.

The eleventh cozy mystery featuring everyoneas favorite phantom-detective

Nancy Atherton as Aunt Dimity novels have enchanted thousands of readers, and this new addition to the series is likely to broaden the spell. A series of death threats sends Lori Shepard to a remote island off the Scottish coast and to a fabulous castle restored by an eccentric friend of her husbandas. But she finds herself drawn into an elaborate whodunit that may involve smugglingaor worse. Why has a human skull washed up on the beach? Is a desolate island really the best place to hide from a murderer? As Lori draws once more on Aunt Dimityas supernatural aid, Atherton whips equal measures of whimsy and suspense into an irresistible confection.