Nancy Atherton's seventeenth cozy mystery featuring the beloved Aunt Dimity-the original paranormal detective When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch, her new neighbors welcome her with open arms-and inquiring minds. Among them is Lori Shepherd, who isn't fooled by Amelia's unassuming persona. Amelia is, in fact, a world-famous artist with a rabid and eager-to-stalk fan base. In order to keep peace in Finch, Lori must help Amelia conceal her identity. Amelia, meanwhile, sets about working on the riddle that brought her to town in the first place. A fragment of a family diary hints that one of Amelia's ancestors might have been Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch. Following the clue, Lori hunts through Finch's darkest and most secret corners, all the while dodging nosy neighbors and Amelia's frantic fans. With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly help, Lori inches closer to the true story of Mistress Meg-and Amelia. Returning to the charming world of Finch, Nancy Atherton's latest novel is sure to delight faithful Aunt Dimity readers, Anglophiles, and cozy mystery fans. Absolutely all the residents of Finch, a remote Cotswold village, are in place on a rainy October morning to get their first glimpse of Amelia Thistle, the new owner of Pussywillow Cottage. Ensconced in a window seat in the local tearoom is Lori Shepherd, an American who settled in Finch after inheriting a cottage from her mother’s dear friend, “Aunt” Dimity. After two local art specialists bolt from the tearoom upon seeing Thistle, Lori learns that the cottage’s new owner is, in fact, renowned artist Mae Bowen, who has a fanatical group of followers from whom she is seeking anonymity. Thistle/Bowen is also seeking information on a seventeenth-century witch to fulfill a mission of her recently deceased brother. Differing from others in the Aunt Dimity series, there is no murder here, but there is a crime. Lori marshals the village, from the vicar to her own sons, to solve the crime, using the otherworldly Aunt Dimity to fill in gaps in their knowledge of Finch. Fans of the series will enjoy seeing Lori’s twin boys growing up and the increased involvement of her father-in-law in the life of the village. --Karen Muller Nancy Atherton is the bestselling author of sixteen other Aunt Dimity mysteries. The first book in the series, Aunt Dimity's Death , was voted One of the Century's 100 Favorite Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.