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Name: Kissing Christmas Goodbye

Author: M. C. Beaton
Year: 2007
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Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Crime, Detective

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ISBNs:
9780312349110
0312349114

Unlike quite a number of people, Agatha had not given up on Christmas. To have the perfect Christmas had been a childhood dream whilst surviving a rough upbringing in a Birmingham slum. Holly berries glistened, snow fell gently outside, and inside, all was Dickensian jollity. And in her dreams, James Lacey kissed her under the mistletoe, and, like a middle-aged sleeping beauty, she would awake to passion once more.... Agatha Raisin is bored. Her detective agency in the Cotswolds is thriving, but she'll scream if she has to deal with another missing cat or dog. Only two things seem to offer potential excitement: the upcoming Christmas festivities and her ex, James Lacey. This year she is sure that if she invites James to a really splendid, old-fashioned Christmas dinner, their love will rekindle like a warm Yule log. When a wealthy widow hires Agatha because she's convinced a member of her family is trying to kill her, Agatha is intrigued---especially when the widow drops dead after high tea at the manor house. Who in this rather sterile house, complete with fake family portraits, could have hated the old lady enough to poison her? Agatha sets out to find the murderer, all the while managing a pretty, teenage trainee who makes her feel old and planning for a picture-perfect Christmas, with James, all the trimmings, and perhaps even snow.

This book is part of the "Agatha Raisin" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"Agatha's First Case"
First published in 2015
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"As The Pig Turns"
First published in 2011
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"A Spoonful of Poison"
First published in 2008
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"The Perfect Paragon"
First published in 2005
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"The Deadly Dance"
First published in 2004
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"Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House"
First published in 2003
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"Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came"
First published in 2002
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"Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell"
First published in 2001
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"Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam"
First published in 2000
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"Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden"
First published in 1999
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"Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham"
First published in 1999
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"Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death"
First published in 1998
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"Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist"
First published in 1997
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"Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage"
First published in 1996
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"Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley"
First published in 1995
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"Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener"
First published in 1994
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"The Vicious Vet"
First published in 1993
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"Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death"
First published in 1992
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"The Quiche of Death"
First published in 1992
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"Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate"
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"Love, Lies and Liquor"
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"There Goes the Bride"
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"Busy Body"
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"Hiss and Hers"
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"Christmas Crumble"
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"Pushing Up Daisies"
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"Dishing the Dirt"
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"The Blood of an Englishman"
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