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FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 9:30 AM

We just received a request for this "elusive" mystery author. Any help out
there?

> My sister and I are looking for an author. She wrote about a
> women living in the South in an old house. Her great-great aunt keeps
> reappearing - ghost - in crazy outfits from the era's she lived thru. The
> first book was a hoot! We just can't seem to remeber who the author was!

Thanks.

Eugenia

Eugenia Bryant
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Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
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FROM: Lynne Welch <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 9:58 AM

Hello Eugenia,

Could this be the series by Mignon F. Ballard, starting with
ANGEL AT TROUBLESOME CREEK? There is a guardian
angel named Augusta Goodnight who pops up in each book,
although the main characters are different. And she died
in the WW2-era, so she talks about rationing sugar, etc.,
and there are strawberry & chocolate smells ...

If it's not this series, you may want to check it out anyways --
several of our readers have really enjoyed it. It's a cozy
mystery series.

Another option is the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton,
which many people enjoy.

Hope this helps,
Lynne

At 10:26 AM 6/24/2003, you wrote:
>We just received a request for this "elusive" mystery author. Any help out
>there?
>
> > My sister and I are looking for an author. She wrote about a
> > women living in the South in an old house. Her great-great aunt keeps
> > reappearing - ghost - in crazy outfits from the era's she lived thru. The
> > first book was a hoot! We just can't seem to remeber who the author was!
>
>Thanks.
>
>Eugenia
>
>
>Eugenia Bryant
>Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
>Morton Grove Public Library
>Morton Grove, IL
>(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
>http://www.webrary.org

Lynne Welch - Reference Librarian
Herrick Memorial Library - Wellington OH 44090
tel. 440-647-2120 fax 440-647-2103
email: <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
website: <www.wellington.lib.oh.us>

FROM: "Corrigan, Kathie" <[removed]@ILSOS.NET>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 10:03 AM

This is probably Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton
A woman with twins communicates with her late Aunt through notes to solve
mysteries

-----Original Message-----
From: Eugenia Bryant [[removed]@webrary.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:26 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Humorous Mystery Set in South?

We just received a request for this "elusive" mystery author. Any help out
there?

> My sister and I are looking for an author. She wrote about a
> women living in the South in an old house. Her great-great aunt keeps
> reappearing - ghost - in crazy outfits from the era's she lived thru. The
> first book was a hoot! We just can't seem to remeber who the author was!

Thanks.

Eugenia

Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

FROM: "ALD (LIB)" <[removed]@omaha.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 10:33 AM

Eugenia,

My co-worker says that this is the series by Carolyn Haines. The character
is Sarah Booth Delaney and the ghost is Jitty, her great-great-grandmother's
nanny.

HTH!
Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)

FROM: Vicki Nesting <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 10:38 AM

This is Carolyn Haines' series set in the Mississippi Delta region featuring amateur detective Sarah Booth Delaney. The first book in the series is "Them Bones."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vicki Nesting
Regional Branch Librarian
St. Charles Parish
East Regional Library
Destrehan, LA
[removed]@stcharles.lib.la.us
[removed]@bellsouth.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> From: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
> Date: 2003/06/24 Tue AM 10:26:00 EDT
> To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> Subject: Humorous Mystery Set in South?
>
> We just received a request for this "elusive" mystery author. Any help out
> there?
>
> > My sister and I are looking for an author. She wrote about a
> > women living in the South in an old house. Her great-great aunt keeps
> > reappearing - ghost - in crazy outfits from the era's she lived thru. The
> > first book was a hoot! We just can't seem to remeber who the author was!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eugenia
>
>
> Eugenia Bryant
> Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
> Morton Grove Public Library
> Morton Grove, IL
> (847) 965-4220
> [removed]@webrary.org
> http://www.webrary.org
> Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
> official Library policy.
>
>
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FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 10:38 AM

Thanks for your immediate responses; I sent both suggestions to our patron.
It does sound like it is the Aunt Dimity series.

Eugenia
----------

> This is probably Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton
> A woman with twins communicates with her late Aunt through notes to solve
> mysteries

> ANGEL AT TROUBLESOME CREEK? There is a guardian
> angel named Augusta Goodnight who pops up in each book,

Eugenia Bryant
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 10:44 AM

Another answer to our riddle from Vicki and Sherry; hopefully, I will hear
back from our patron with confirmation:

>this is the series by Carolyn Haines. The character
> is Sarah Booth Delaney and the ghost is Jitty, her great-great-grandmother's
> nanny.
>

Eugenia

FROM: "Rice, Sue" <[removed]@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 11:21 AM

I suspect this is the "Bones" series by Carolyn Haines.
Them bones
Buried bones
Splintered bones
Crossed bones

Sarah Booth (the heroine) lives on the home-place. Money is very short, so
she becomes a private detective to make ends meet. (This happens when she
finds her best friend's dog, who has been kidnapped. The twist is that
Sarah Booth did the kidnapping--to get money).
The ghost is Jitty, the "nanny" of her great-grandmother, who DOES change
outfits with blithe abandon, depending on what she feel like (and is not
limited to just her time--the "Barbarella" getup is a hoot!)
These are great, humorous cozies which give a great idea of the role of
Southern womanhood (who Sarah Booth refers to as "Daddy's Girls") and have a
wonderful sense of fun!

Sue Rice
Akron-Summit County (Ohio) Public Library

My sister and I are looking for an author. She wrote about a
> women living in the South in an old house. Her great-great aunt keeps
> reappearing - ghost - in crazy outfits from the era's she lived thru. The
> first book was a hoot! We just can't seem to remeber who the author was!

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