Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel

Download or read book Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel written by Mignon F. Ballard and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "October, 1944 ... When Dimple's librarian friend Virginia finds a young woman, Dora, on the library porch looking for a place to spend the night, soft-hearted Dimple brings her back to Phoebe's and offers her food and a warm coat. But when Dimple is trying to find her a place to sleep, the young girl disappears. The next morning, Miss Dimple answers a knock on the door expecting it to be the girl. Instead, she is greeted by a somewhat disheveled young woman ... who claims she has been assigned to fill in at the house. Augusta Goodnight, a guardian angel who has been summoned from a well-deserved rest after a series of troublesome earthly duties, has taken up at Phoebe's. When Dora is discovered dead--murdered--the real reason for Augusta's 'assignment' becomes clear"--