Part of Aunt Dimity Mystery, book 16
First published 2011
Lori Shepherd returns to the village of Finch from Australia to find her father-in-law William Sr. has moved to town. He's renovating Fairworth House, a grand estate where he expects peaceful retirement. Instead, William discovers local spinsters competing for his attention while dealing with questionable servants. When workers uncover a mysterious family tree painting in the attic, strange events begin plaguing the house. Furniture moves on its own, unexplained sounds echo through rooms, and mysterious visitors appear. Meanwhile, Lori and William become entangled in a case involving deception and false identity among Finch's residents. As the peculiar incidents at Fairworth intensify, Lori turns to her supernatural advisor Aunt Dimity for guidance. Together they must uncover the dark secrets hidden beneath the estate's elegant facade.
Genres: family, mystery, supernatural, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, cozy, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, supernatural-advisor
Setting: Finch, Fairworth House
Period: Contemporary
229 pages · Hardcover · Viking