In the newest installment of the bestselling Aunt Dimity series, a dreary Christmas leads to hidden treasure and new friendships
It´s almost Christmas in the small English village of Finch--and everyone is sick. Though many of the villagers regretfully decline their invitations to Emma Harris´s annual Christmas bash, Lori Shepherd has no intention of missing it. When the winter weather takes a turn for the worse, it´s agreed that none of the guests will leave until morning. There´s general merriment as the Christmas party becomes a pajama party--until a car appears in the winding driveway and promptly slides off the slick pavement and into a ditch.
Matilda "Tilly" Trout--a lost and scatterbrained, middle-aged woman--is mercifully unhurt and invited to stay the night. While she catches her breath, Emma asks her other guests if they would like a tour of the Manor--including an odd room that puzzles her. Several guests put forth guesses as to its purpose, but it´s Tilly who correctly identifies the room as a chapel. Placing a palm on one of the ornately-carved panels, Tilly finds a hidden compartment concealing a pile of glittering treasure--including an exquisitely decorated heart made of solid gold. Where did it come from, and why does it look so different from everything else in the chapel? Why didn´t Emma even know about this hidden compartment in her own home until now--and how did Tilly?
With Aunt Dimity´s otherworldly help and Tilly´s bewildering store of knowledge, Lori and friends set out to unravel the mystery behind the heart of gold. And, against all odds--and Christmas finally comes to Finch!