Part of Aunt Dimity Mystery, book 15
First published 2011
Ruth and Louise Pym call Lori Shepherd to their sickroom with devastating news. The elderly sisters are dying, and they have one final request. They need Lori to find their brother Aubrey, who disappeared to New Zealand years ago after the family cast him out in disgrace. Lori has serious doubts about the mission, but she cannot refuse her beloved neighbors. She travels halfway around the world to track down a man who may not want to be found. In New Zealand, Lori gets help from an unlikely source: a charming kiwi bird who becomes her guide. Her supernatural friend Aunt Dimity also lends assistance from beyond. Together they work to uncover the truth about what really happened to tear the Pym family apart. Lori faces a race against time as she tries to reunite the siblings before death separates them forever. The search becomes about more than finding one missing man. It becomes about healing old wounds and bringing peace to a family destroyed by secrets and lies.
Genres: mystery, supernatural, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: New Zealand
288 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Penguin Books