Part of Aunt Dimity Mystery, book 3
First published 1998
Lori Shepherd expects her second honeymoon in England to repair her marriage to her workaholic husband. Instead, she finds herself traveling with her father-in-law when her husband cancels at the last minute. The older man vanishes without warning, leaving only a cryptic note behind. Lori turns to the spirit of Aunt Dimity, who communicates through her distinctive blue journal from beyond the grave. What begins as a simple search for one missing person becomes something far more complex. Lori uncovers falsified property documents, bitter family disputes spanning generations, and cases of mistaken identity that complicate her investigation. Her husband's charming English cousin proves both helpful and dangerously attractive. As Lori travels across the English countryside following clues, she must navigate family secrets that stretch back centuries while wrestling with her own conflicted feelings. Her quest to find her father-in-law forces her to examine what she truly wants from her marriage.
Genres: romance, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: England
Period: contemporary
290 pages · Kindle Edition · Penguin Books