A Mysterious Review of Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton. An Aunt Dimity Mystery.
Review summary: Mysteries don't get much more cozy than those in this series. The puzzle posed by the titular wishing well, which does seem capable of granting one's wish, is an intriguing one, and the solution absolutely charming in its design and quite clever in its execution. The path taken to learn the truth is a remarkably enjoyable one. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well
Nancy Atherton
An Aunt Dimity Mystery
Viking (April 2014)
Publisher synopsis: When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle’s affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch.
After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden’s old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true. Word spreads, and the villagers turn out in droves to make wishes of their own. But as they soon learn, one person’s wish is another person’s worst nightmare and the village is thrown into chaos.
As more and more wishes come true, Lori resolves to find out what’s really going on. Is handsome Jack somehow tricking his neighbors? Or are they fooling themselves? With Aunt Dimity’s otherworldly help, Lori discovers that the truth is even more marvelous than a magical wishing well.
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