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Infuriated that her holiday was ruined by a mugging, Agatha Raisin decides to open up her own detective agency. The romance-minded sleuth is thrilled by visions of handsome fellow gumshoes and headline-making crimes—but soon finds the only cases she can get are a non-glamorous lot of lost cats... read more
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- Agatha Raisin: Retired public relations executive now running a detective agency
- Doris Simpson: Agatha's cleaning lady and friend. She is a real jewel as she is always willing to look after Agatha's cats for her when she is on one of her cases.
- Mrs Bloxby: The Vicar's wife, and one of Agatha's best friends
- Mrs. Emma Comfrey: Agatha's new next-door neighbour, who proves to have hidden depths.
- Sir Charles Fraith: Good friend of Agatha, and a former lover.
- Mrs. Laggat-Brown: Client of Agatha who hires her after a threat on her daughter's life.
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The thing that finally nudged Agatha Raisin into opening her own detective agency was what she always thought of as the Paris Incident.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 15 of 23 in Agatha Raisin. (standard series)
Preceded by Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House, and followed by Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon.
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- M. C. Beaton (Author)
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Page Count: 272
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- Dewey: 823.914
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