As the Pig Turns An Agatha Raisin Mystery |
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Author:
| Beaton, M. C. |
Series title: | Agatha Raisin Mysteries Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-38702-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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Imprint: | Minotaur Books |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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An irresistible new adventure for the bossy, vain, and endearing Agatha Raisin, fromNew York Times bestselling M.C. Beaton, "the reigning queen of the cozies" (Booklist). Winter Parva is a "picturesque" (touristy) Cotswold village with gift shops, a medieval market hall, and thatched cottages. After a disappointing Christmas season, the parish council has decided to hold a special event in January, complete with old-fashioned...
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An irresistible new adventure for the bossy, vain, and endearing Agatha Raisin, fromNew York Times bestselling M.C. Beaton, "the reigning queen of the cozies" (Booklist).
Winter Parva is a "picturesque" (touristy) Cotswold village with gift shops, a medieval market hall, and thatched cottages. After a disappointing Christmas season, the parish council has decided to hold a special event in January, complete with old-fashioned costumes, morris dancing, and a pig roast on the village green.
Always one for a good roasting, Agatha Raisin organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. The rotary spit turning over a bed of blazing charcoals is sure to please on this foggy and blistery evening. But as the fog lifts slightly, the sharp-eyed Agatha notices something peculiar about the pig: a tattoo of a heart with an arrow through it and the name Amy.
"Stop!" she screams suddenly. "Pigs don't have tattoos."
The "pig," in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the locals, including Agatha herself. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when the Gary's ex-wife, Amy, hires Agatha's detective agency to investigate--and another murder ensues. With that provocation, how could any sleuth as vain and competitive (and secretly insecure) as Agatha do anything other than solve the case herself?