Name: As The Pig Turns

Author: M. C. Beaton
Year: 2011
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Mystery, Cozy Mystery

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ISBNs:
9780312387020
9781250001917
0312387024

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?

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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"A Spoonful of Poison"
First published in 2008
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"Kissing Christmas Goodbye"
First published in 2007
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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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"Beating About the Bush"
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"Dishing the Dirt"
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"The Blood of an Englishman"
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Similar books:

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M. C. Beaton
Love, Lies and Liquor by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M. C. Beaton
Busy Body by M. C. Beaton
The Blood of an Englishman by M. C. Beaton
The Perfect Paragon by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M. C. Beaton
The Deadly Dance by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M. C. Beaton
Custard's Last Stand by Tamar Myers
There Goes the Bride by M. C. Beaton
Dishing the Dirt by M. C. Beaton
A Spoonful of Poison by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M. C. Beaton
Pushing Up Daisies by M. C. Beaton


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