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Cozy Mystery: Twin Sisters, Sleuth Inherits Cottage in Quaint English Village…

February 19, 2014

Yikes! I have fallen way behind posting entries with Cozy Mystery readers’ questions, so if you all don’t mind, I’m going to ask your help (again!) in identifying some of the mystery authors/titles that some people are wanting to identify.

Today, I’m going to start with Julie’s question:

“… searching for an author whose books I read some years ago. I simply can’t remember her name. (That is unfortunately common for me.)
If by any chance her writing rings a bell, please let me know.

Her heroine had inherited a cottage in a small village in England. The characters and COZY aspect of the village are what I was attracted to. I particularly remember two old twin sisters who lived there…

When I first started reading Julie’s description, I was convinced Julie was looking for Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity Mystery Series but I then realized I was getting confused with who the twins are.

Do any of you know who the author of this Cozy Mystery series is? If you do, would you please post a comment? Thank you! (See “P.S.” below)

(Whenever I post one of these types of “whodunnit” questions, I have an inkling that I’m going to be doggone embarrassed when you all find the series, and it’s one of the ones I follow! I guess I have a lot in common with Julie!)

P.S. Vicki just confirmed that the author is indeed Nancy Atherton. (Aunt Dimity Mystery Series)

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  1. Lou says

    February 19, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Could it be Australian author Brian Kavanagh?

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 19, 2014 at 4:38 pm

      Thank you, Lou. I see that Brian Kavanagh has some really good reviews.

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      • Lou says

        February 19, 2014 at 4:45 pm

        Sadly I can’t get epub version at my library and kobo only carries Book 3 and 5 of the five books in the Belinda Lawrence series.

        Canada is not always the greatest place when one is looking for books.

        I do wish Amazon would sell eBooks in EPUB format.

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        • Danna - cozy mystery list says

          February 20, 2014 at 12:31 pm

          Lou, what a shame. I guess I assumed that the Canadian Amazon kept the same books “in stock”…

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          • Lou says

            February 20, 2014 at 12:33 pm

            Amazon.com and .ca do not offer ebooks in epub format so i can’t shop at Amazon.

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  2. Vicki says

    February 19, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    That is the Aunt Dimnity series. The sisters are the Pym sisters, Louise and Ruth. They’re elderly twins who pass away mid series.

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  3. Vicki says

    February 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Aunt Dimity. Sorry about the typo.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 19, 2014 at 1:07 pm

      Thank you, Vicki! (What did I say about being embarrassed?!?)

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      • Vicki says

        February 20, 2014 at 8:52 am

        Don’t be embarrassed. They were in quite a few of the books, but usually only in one scene per book. I think the author recognized that kind of humor is best in small doses – they were spinsters who were identical twins, lived together, dressed alike, and even finished each other’s sentences.

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        • Danna - cozy mystery list says

          February 20, 2014 at 6:32 pm

          Vicki, even though it is a little embarrassing, it’s great when people are able to identify the missing authors/books. I’ll have to try to do these more often…

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  4. Petie says

    February 19, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    I couldn’t remember twin sisters in the series either but found out they were in the 15th one of the Aunt Dimity series (Aunt Dimity Down Under). Will definitely have to catch up to that one (being a twin myself … not so elderly yet – ha!)

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 19, 2014 at 2:21 pm

      Thank you, Petie, for making me think that I’m not alone! (If I don’t write it down, it’s forgotten. Of course, if I lose my note amongst a pile of notes, I might as well not have written the note to begin with!)

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  5. Tamara says

    February 19, 2014 at 3:39 pm

    I was thinking of the Hamish Macbeth series by MC Beaton.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 20, 2014 at 12:30 pm

      Tamara, I can’t remember the names of those eccentric sisters, but can totally see where the Hamish Macbeth series came to mind when seeing that part of Julie’s clue.

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  6. Susan* says

    February 20, 2014 at 1:24 am

    I thought of Aunt Dimity myself. Glad it was right! 🙂

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 20, 2014 at 12:35 pm

      Susan*, my husband thinks I should do these questions more often since people write and ask me about authors/books/series. But, I tell him that it actually embarrasses me when I don’t know an “obvious” case (like this one). His answer is close to “Get over it.” I guess I should!

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    • Donna says

      February 22, 2014 at 12:13 pm

      Me, too! I did a quick search on http://www.aunt-dimity.com and came across the elderly Pym sisters, plus confirmed that Lori, the sleuth, did indeed inherit an English cottage.
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      She also had twins eventually–I wonder if that was what prompted the “twins” idea. Were the Pym sisters twins? That I could not confirm. Glad the hunt was resolved. Love the Aunt Dimity series and this site!

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      • Danna - cozy mystery list says

        February 23, 2014 at 3:18 pm

        Donna, the twins you are referring to are the ones I remembered. I don’t know if the Pym sisters are twins.

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  7. Steph says

    February 20, 2014 at 2:19 pm

    That’s Aunt Dimity all right.

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    • Danna - cozy mystery list says

      February 21, 2014 at 12:09 pm

      Steph, I love it when you all are able to come up with the mystery authors other Cozy Mystery readers are looking for.

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