Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea Review

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(More customer reviews)If you like fun characters, and playful cozy mysteries without too much violence, you'll enjoy Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea. In this ongoing series, Lori, a lively mom and housewife, finds herself solving odd mysteries, with the help of the spirit of a departed friend, Aunt Dimity, who has willed her cottage in Englznd to Laurie. Dimity communicates with Lori through magic writing in a big blue journal.
This time, somebody wants to get even with her husband, Bill by harming Lori and her five-year-old twins, Will and Rob. This person signs himself Abbadon on threatening e-mails sent to Bill's office. There's nothing to do but whisk Lori and the boys away to an island on the west coast of Scotland, to a castle owned by an eccentric family friend.
Two body guards and Aunt Dimity's advice can't keep Abadon from finding the hideout fortress. But he doesn't come before Lori and two English aristocrat friends uncover what might be a dark secret on the island, and the castle's owner, Sir Percy almost turns out to be someone Lori nevvr expected him to be.
Everything comes together in a horrific storm that leads to a thrilling ending befitting any mystery, and a fun ending befitting a story where one of the characters communicates kindly from the Beyond.
For me the most fun of the Aunt Dimity series has been the way Nancy Athwerton creates fun and suspense out of what might in other hands become cliche situations. I think the playful spirit of Aunt Dimity lets this happen. If she can communicate with Lori through a blue journal, then Lori can have a good friend who owns a Scottish castle. The climax can come on a dark and stormy night.
Atherton cleverly adapts the magic of having spirits around to the every day world. The Aunt Dimity series is fantastic without venturing into an altered reality, such as a land of Hobbits, or a school for wizards. This attribute makes the books refreshing. We can be comfortable knowing Lori will come out all right, because the story is playful. We can solve a mystery without a lot of blood and guts. We can have fun with wonderful characters and settings that offer us an enjoyable read.

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