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Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 30
Language
English
Description
When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems. The factory mystery soon turns to murder and a bad-tempered donkey turns Agatha into a national celebrity, before...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Intrepid sleuth Agatha Raisin gets left at the altar and then follows her wayward fiance, James Lacey, to north Cyprus, where instead of enjoying their honeymoon they witness the murder of an obnoxious tourist in a disco.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 27
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy land developer who had been planning to turn a community garden into a housing estate winds up dead, Agatha Raisin is hired by the victim's accused son to clear him of suspicion and identify the real killer among numerous suspects.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 26
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Agatha Raisin is back and finds that she must prove her own innocence when a local therapist turns up dead.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 29
Language
English
Description
As the bell-ringers of Thirk Magna get ready for the visit of Bishop Peter Salver-Hinkley, the whole village is thrown into a frenzy. Meanwhile, Agatha convinces one of the bell-ringers, the charming Julian Brody, to hire her to investigate the disappearance of the Bishop's ex-fiancée.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hired by the Parish councilor of a small community in the Cotswold Hills to investigate the murder of a jolly widow, Agatha Raisin learns about the victim's penchant for keeping borrowed items in a case that is complicated by village secrets and a killer who would make Agatha a next target.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 32
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Private detective Agatha Raisin, having recently taken up power-walking, is striding along a path in Mircester Park during her lunch break when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, in the middle of the green-with the body of an old man lying at their feet. The man, who the coroner determines died by poisoning, was known as "the Admiral," a gardener notorious for his heavy drinking, and Chief Inspector...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 10
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Feeling jilted and cross after being spurned by the love of her life, Agatha follows a fortune-teller's advice and rents a cottage in the pretty village of Fryfam, where she hopes good fortune and true love will come chasing after her. Unfortunately, her romantic notions are soon dispelled by the strange goings-on in the village. What are those strange lights in Agatha's back garden? Who is stealing paintings and pottery? And who murdered the local...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Language
English
11) Dead on target
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 34
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods―with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha’s old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes, declares the death a tragic accident, believing the victim has been hit by a stray arrow from an archery demonstration. Agatha is convinced of foul play, however,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Presents the first two books in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series, "The Quiche of Death", in which Agatha leaves her successful London firm to settle in the quiet village of Carsely, where she investigates the death of a local baking contest judge; and "The Vicious Vet", where Agatha convinces her neighbor to help her find the person responsible for killing the local vet.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning to the humdrum routine of her home, Agatha Raisin finds herself falling for charming new neighbor Paul Chatterton and becomes involved in the investigation of a believed-haunted house and its murdered owner.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 20
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite her interest in a handsome new Frenchman, Agatha Raisin cannot get her mind off her ex-husband James Lacey, especially when his young bride is killed right before saying "I do" and Agatha becomes the prime suspect.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 3
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2000, c1994
Language
English
Description
Agatha Raisin's latest plan to catch bachelor James Lacey is to take up gardening and enter the prestigious Carsley Horticultural Contest.
"Compare this one to lemon meringue pie: light ... with a delicious hint of tartness at its heart." (Washington Times)
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Agatha Raisin decides to escape for a holiday on a remote island paradise, and becomes involved in an investigation into strangely similar crimes that took place half a world apart involving the mysterious deaths of young blonde women.
18) As the pig turns
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 22
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The picturesque Cotwsold village of Winter Parva has decided to warm the winter months after the holidays by roasting a pig in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, has arrived with her former protegě and current rival in the private detection racket, Toni, to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals and the pig is carried toward its final resting place, Agatha realizes that things are...
19) The deadly dance
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 15
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Frustrated by a series of small jobs after opening her own detective agency, Agatha Raisin places the fledgling agency's reputation on the line by alienating her friends and flirting with a chief suspect.
20) Hiss and hers
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mystery volume 23
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having fallen hopelessly in love with local gardener George Marston, a shameless Agatha Raisin donates the money for a charity ball in the hope of dancing with him, only to discover that he has been murdered by a killer who caused him to be bitten by a poisonous snake.
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