Daisies Never Die

By Judy Lawn

My darling Edith Averil read the impassioned words in disbelief and astonishment. A love letter, here among her spinster aunt's possessions? What could it mean? When Averil Matthews arrives to sort... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936144654
• ISBN13: 9781936144655
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Zumaya Enigma
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A nice cozy read

Having suffered a nervous breakdown after breaking up with her boyfriend, her mother's death and complications at her job, Averil Mathew's father suggested she spend some time cleaning out her recently deceased aunt's cottage in Williams Point, New Zealand. Averil's first discovery is a love letter pointing to a relationship no one in the family knew of--and the possibility of Aunt Edith having had a baby. Averil makes the acquaintance of local mystery writer and part-time sleuth Rose Roundtree in order to help her sort out this mystery. Together with the assistance of Rose's long time friend, Julian Wells, the three of them tackle the daunting task of sorting through a lifetime of accumulation and memories, finding clues to Aunt Edith's well-kept secrets and developing lifelong relationships for themselves. This is a cozy read, nice characters involved in a mystery and romance, the only drawback is the overabundance of dialogue that didn't move the plot forward fast enough. Armchair Interviews says: You never know what you'll find in an attic--or a book

Light read

Reviewed by Joanne Benham for Reader Views (5/06) Averil Matthews feels beaten by life. An only child born to aging parents, her mother overprotected her to the point that Averil makes an acrimonious break with her only months before she dies. Upset that she had not been able to reconcile with her mother before her death and struggling to recover from a relationship with a domineering man, the last thing Averil needs is the perceived hostility from fellow teachers as she takes over the position held by a much-beloved teacher whom the rest of the staff thought was fired without due cause. Averil was wandering in a fog, unable to get her life back on track. One day, after almost passing out in the teacher's lounge, the school principal suggests that Averil take a short leave of absence and try to pull herself together. Then Averil and her father receive the news that Aunt Edith, her father's older sister, has died and left all of her possessions, with the exception of a few small bequests, to them. Averil's father suggests she use her leave time to go to Aunt Edith's cottage and sort and clean everything out, getting the cottage ready for sale. When Averil arrives at the cottage, she expects to sort through a few legal papers and just generally clean and decide what, if any, of her Aunt Edith's possessions she might like to keep. What she walks into is a mystery, beginning with an old letter Aunt Edith had been reading when she died. Was it possible Aunt Edith had a whole other life than the one her family knew about? And what was Aunt Edith's connection to the strangers named in her will? Realizing she needs help, Averil approaches Rose Rountree, a local mystery book author. Together, Averil and Rose, with help from their extended family, untangle the knots tying up Aunt Edith's past and in the process, untangle Averil's knotty problems, leaving her ready to face the world and able to recognize and accept true love when it enters her life. This book was a light, entertaining read on a quiet Saturday afternoon, a 'Cozy Cottage' mystery.