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The Man in the Brown Suit (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)

The Man in the Brown Suit (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)

by Agatha Christie

Searching for a bit of adventure to spice up her everyday life, Anne Beddingfield becomes an unlikely sleuth after a diamond heist, a murder, and attempts on her own life that make her the only person capable of solving the crimes. Reissue.

Agatha Raisin: Book 6

Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist

by M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin's marriage was put off when her ex-husband showed up, unfortunately alive. Fortunately, he was murdered and Agatha solved the crime. Now she is off to Cyprus to track down her ex-fiance. Instead of enjoying their planned honeymoon, however, they witness the murder of an obnoxious tourist. Two sets of terrible tourists surround the unhappy couple, arousing Agatha's suspicions. And, much to James'... (more)

Agatha Raisin: Book 16

The Perfect Paragon

by M. C. Beaton

AGATHA RAISIN...AND THE CASE FROM HELLShe’s nosed in on murder investigations, annoyed law enforcement on two continents, and been targeted by everyone from a hit man to a killer secretary. But now Agatha Raisin must take on her greatest nightmare—a divorce case. Bad enough that her struggling detective agency needs the whacking great fee pompous businessman Robert Smedley is offering to prove his wife is... (more)

Agatha Raisin: Book 11

Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell

by M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin Has Finally Married The Man Of Her Dreams. But Now Her Life Is Nothing Short Of A Nightmare... The honeymoon is most definitely over for Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. It's only been a short time since their wedding-and already they aren't getting on. But his wandering eye and her God-awful housekeeping are the least of their problems. Just days after a very public, very ugly... (more)

With No One as Witness

by Elizabeth George

The police never suspected a serial killer was at large until they found the fourth murdered boy -- the first white victim -- his body draped over a tomb in a London graveyard. Suddenly a series of crimes and a potential public relations disaster have Scotland Yard on the defensive, scrambling to apprehend a maniac while avoiding accusations of racism. Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley, distracted by... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

Agatha Raisin: Book 7

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

by M. C. Beaton

This time, the feisty sleuth stumbles upon the victim of an unnatural death in Cotswold village's famous natural spring. Who was the unlucky corpse? The Ancombe Parish Council chairman-and the only uncommitted member voting on whether to allow the Ancombe Water Company to tap into the town's spring. Add ex-fiance James, watery politicians, and slippery entrepreneurs to the mix, and you have Agatha up to her neck... (more)

Agatha Raisin: Book 8

Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham

by M. C. Beaton

After a home dye job ruins her hair, Agatha Raisin, the prickly yet lovable amateur sleuth, turns to the wonderful new hairdresser in the neighboring town for help. And as Agatha soon learns, Mr. John is as skilled at repairing her coiffure as he is at romancing her heart. But the charming Mr. John isn't all he appears to be. According to gossip around the salon and the village, some of his former clients seem to... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

Agatha Raisin: Book 12

Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

by M. C. Beaton

Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery-a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious. What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is finding a corpse. The dead girl is a member of Agatha's exercise... (more)

Agatha Raisin: Book 10

Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam

by M. C. Beaton

DANCING LIGHTS, DISAPPEARING VALUABLES...AND MURDER- A FANCIFUL MYSTERY FOR THE INDOMITALTE AGATHAFeeling jilted, cross and desperate to reclaim the love of her life, James, Agatha Raisin follows a fortune teller's advice and rents a cottage in the picturesque village of Fryfam, where she hopes good fortune and true love will come chasing after her.Adding a bit of spice to her adventure, she's pronounced to the... (more)

Sleeping Murder & the Murder At the Vicarage

Sleeping Murder & the Murder At the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

Agatha Raisin: Book 1

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

by M. C. Beaton

Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley

Agatha Raisin: Book 4

Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley

by M. C. Beaton

Returning to her beloved Cotswold village only to be coolly received by her attractive neighbor, Agatha Raisin becomes involved in the murder case of hiker Jessica Tartinick, who had incurred the wrath of wealthy landowners. Reprint. AB.

Agatha Raisin: Book 2

Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

by M. C. Beaton

Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Now here is the second novel in the series that started it all… A PURR-FECT CRIME IN THE COTSWOLDS Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn’t adjusted to village life where the only prospect for a hot evening out is a meeting of the Ladies Society. And since her overtures toward James Lacey—the retired... (more)

The Cater Street Hangman

by Anne Perry

"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questioning causes many a composed facade to... (more)

Callander Square

by Anne Perry

"Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon." ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION Murders just didn't take place in fashionable Callander Square, so Inspector Pitt's well-bred wife Charlotte couldn't resist finding out why one had. Suddenly there she was, rattling the closets of the very rich, listening to backstair gossip, and unearthing... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

Agatha Raisin: Book 13

Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

by M. C. Beaton

Wretched after being dumped by her husband, bored with pottering about Carsely, and wishing every man would sod off, including her neighbor John Armitage, Agatha Raisin is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet...along with nearly every other female in the village. Wrapped in brightly coloured dreams of the curate... (more)

Agatha Raisin: Book 15

The Deadly Dance

by M. C. Beaton

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 and an errant teenager. But when a wealthy divorcée hires the agency to investigate a death threat against her daughter... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Agatha Raisin Mysteries (Paperback))

Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Agatha Raisin Mysteries (Paperback))

by M. C. Beaton

"From the author's sure-fire plot comes this fail-safe moral: It takes an outsider to open people's eyes to the beauty--and the evil--within." --The New York Times Book Review "Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha." --Chicago Sun Times Never say die. That's the philosophy Agatha Raisin clings to when she comes home to cozy Carsely and finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her... (more)

The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection (Paperback))

The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection (Paperback))

by Agatha Christie

It is just after WWI and Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money. With jobs thin on the ground, Tommy and Tuppence decide to form a partnership and hire themselves out as "young adventurers, willing to do anything, go anywhere." When their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, puts both of them in mortal danger, they have to use all their ingenuity and cunning to save not... (more)

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden

Agatha Raisin: Book 9

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden

by M. C. Beaton

There is nothing more depressing for a middle-aged lovelorn woman with bald patches on her head than to find herself in an English seaside resort out of season. Agatha Raisin, her hair falling out after a run-in with a hairdresser-cum-murderess from a previous investigation, travels to an old-fashioned hotel in order to repair the damage away from the neighbors in her all-too-cozy Cotswolds village. Unhappy about... (more)

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