"awhile"??!! Even if the author got it wrong, the editor should have caught that one! However, sidewalk for footpath (or, I suppose, pavement) is the sort of thing that even a fairly aware American writer would likely miss. And if the editor was also American, that would likely slip through.
I haven't gotten to the end of this series yet, but I suspect I'll go ahead and get this one as well. I do so like Amelia.
