Author: M. C. Beaton Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Crime, Detective
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ISBNs: 9780312349110 0312349114 |
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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 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "As The Pig Turns" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Spoonful of Poison" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Perfect Paragon" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Deadly Dance" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Vicious Vet" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Quiche of Death" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Busy Body" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hiss and Hers" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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