The Perfect Paragon

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429901640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
The Perfect Paragon continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. After being nearly killed by both a hired hit man and her former secretary, Agatha Raisin could use some low-key cases. So when Robert Smedley walks through the door, determined to prove that his wife is cheating, Raisin Investigations immediately offers to help. Trouble is, Agatha hates divorce cases--especially when the client is as pompous as Smedley--but she has a business to run and she's not about to turn away a paying customer. Unfortunately for Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to be the perfect wife, young and pretty and a regular volunteer at church. Although Smedley's case doesn't look promising, Agatha's attentions are diverted when she stumbles across the body of missing teenager, Jessica Bradley. In a sudden gesture of kindness (and good public relations), Agatha offers to investigate Jessica's death free of charge. As Agatha juggles her two biggest cases, things are turned upside down when Robert Smedley is found poisoned in his office. The prime suspect, his sainted wife Mabel, immediately hires Agatha to find the real killer. With the help of her old friend, Sir Charles Fraith, and some newly hired staff, Agatha Raisin sets off on another adventure solving crime in the English Cotswolds.

There Goes the Bride

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312373221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Wedding bells are ringing, but not for Agatha Raisin in this irresistible new adventure by "New York Times"-bestselling author Beaton. Martin's Press.

Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781472121370
Category : Women private investigators
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Hiss and Hers

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 125001526X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
If only the bossy, beloved Agatha Raisin were as lucky at finding the right man as she is at catching killers in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of everyone's favorite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever-armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love-again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will do anything to get her man-including footing the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. And then George doesn't even show up. Only partly deterred, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike. Rising to the occasion, Agatha rallies her little detective agency to find the killer, only to learn that George had quite a complicated love life. But murderously complicated? Well, if she can't have George, at least Agatha can have the satisfaction of confronting the other women and solving the crime. With Hiss and Hers, once again, "M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery" (The New York Times Book Review) in the irresistible adventures of the irrepressible Agatha.

Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312985868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Tetchy Agatha Raisn's attempt at a little R&R in the wake of her beloved husband's defection to a French monastery gets her revved up for another mystery when she hears that a fellow vactioner was murdered.

Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781849011495
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
After nearly being killed by a hit man & her former secretary, Agatha Raisin could do with some low-key cases. So when Robert Smedley walks through the door, determined to prove his wife has been cheating on him, it seems like the ideal assignment.

Kissing Christmas Goodbye

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312349110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
A widow hires Amanda because she fears that someone is trying to kill her and then dies during a family dinner.

Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House

Author: M.C. Beaton
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1849011710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
A vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living? Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha snooping around, but it turns out the victim of the haunting is a universally disliked old biddy on whom someone is playing a practical joke. And then the old lady is murdered - but for Agatha, solving a crime is much more fun than hunting a ghost! Very soon she's up to her usual tricks, involving the villagers, local police, and, of course, her handsome new neighbour . . . Praise for the Agatha Raisin series: 'Fast-paced, witty and well-plotted.' MyShelf.com 'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly 'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.' Booklist

A Spoonful of Poison

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312349127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
After a festive church event becomes the scene of two murders, Agatha is charged with getting to the bottom of the crime.

The Perfect Paragon

Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250026798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
"Celebrating 20 years of Agatha Raisin - brand-new bonus story included!"--Cover.