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After a lifetime spent in public relations, one-woman dynamo Agatha Raisin struggles to adapt to life in a quiet country village - but she soon finds that there is murder and mayhem aplenty to keep her busy. Among the cases she has to deal with are a poisoned quiche; a vet who has been ‘put to sleep’; a hanged horticulturist; a murdered rambler and a curate who meets his Maker somewhat sooner than expected.

A dead witness. A forgotten crime. Hamish Macbeth never had it so hard as in this newest Highlands mystery! Morag Merrilea is working at the Shopmark Fashions factory during her summer holidays to earn some extra cash. But when the art student complains to Hamish about the theft of her...

Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful public-relations 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...

Un uomo nudo sbuca d’improvviso da dietro una siepe e si mette a correre lungo una strada di campagna. Comincia così uno dei casi più bizzarri di Agatha Raisin, che sta guidando proprio lungo quella strada: l’uomo, terrorizzato, ferma Agatha e le rivela di aver visto un cadavere in un...

Priscilla Halburton-Smythe ha accettato di sposarlo e, per un attimo, Hamish Macbeth si è sentito in paradiso: a Lochdubh, pure i criminali sembravano essersi placati e lui già pregustava lunghe, oziose giornate trascorse a pescare e tante belle serate in compagnia della fidanzata. Ma poi...

The third Hamish Macbeth crime mystery, from internationally bestselling author M.C.Beaton The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or - more accurately - has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All that remains of the murdered victim are his...

È primavera sulle Highlands, ma all’orizzonte di Hamish Macbeth si addensano nuvole nerissime. Ha avuto la promozione (di cui avrebbe volentieri fatto a meno), il suo nuovo capo è insopportabile, e un certo Sean, insieme con la sua ragazza, è arrivato in paese a bordo di un furgone...

A missing person report is not usually something that Hamish Macbeth sees as cause for undue distress. Should a child or a vulnerable person vanish, it's an urgent matter that needs to be treated seriously, but in Macbeth's experience, most other people who go missing tend to turn up again...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday It can be hell in high water! Drowned brides are like buses: nothing for ages, then two come along at the same time . . . ! Abandoned by husband James, Agatha hops on a plane to the South Pacific, hoping to mend her broken heart...

Der mächtige Lord Bellington hat die Bewohner der idyllischen Kleinstadt Carsley gegen sich aufgebracht. Als Eigentümer will er ihre Kleingärten verkaufen, um Platz für ein lukratives Immobilienprojekt zu schaffen. Wenig später wird er tot aufgefunden: Agatha Raisin bezweifelt einen natürlichen Tod und stellt Nachforschungen an. Die Befragung von Kleingärtnerinnen und Gärtnern stellt sie vor unerwartete Herausforderungen: Denn das kleine Paradies offenbart sich schon bald als Welt voller Fehden, Eifersüchteleien und Streitigkeiten.

Si può finire ammazzati in molti modi, però ritrovarsi cadavere in mezzo a un bosco, con una freccia nel petto e i pantaloni abbassati, è un modo di certo assai originale… L’ispettore Wilkes non ha dubbi che si sia trattato di un terribile incidente: la vittima è stata colpita da una...

There are many ruined castles in Scotland. One such lies outside the village of Drim. Hamish begins to hear reports that this castle is haunted and lights have been seen there at night, but he assumes it's some children or maybe the local lads going there to smoke pot, or, worse, inject...

THE BRAND NEW MYSTERY IN THE BESTSELLING HAMISH MACBETH SERIES! Love is in the air in Lochdubh! Love, and murder... It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can handle the weather, but with a...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL The first Agatha Raisin mystery from bestselling author M. C. Beaton __________________________ Revenge is a...

Agatha Raisin kommt es nach einer aufregenden Zeit ganz gelegen, dass Robert Smedley sie lediglich damit beauftragt, zu beweisen, dass seine Frau Mabel ihn betrügt. Agatha übernimmt den Fall mit größtem Vergnügen. Leider scheint Mabel die perfekte Ehefrau zu sein: jung, hübsch und eine regelmäßige Kirchgängerin. Von Betrug weit und breit keine Spur. Aber just, als Agatha den Fall ad acta legen will, wird Robert Smedley mit Unkrautvernichter umgebracht – und seine Witwe damit zur Hauptverdächtigen ...

Cold-blooded murder heats up Agatha's summer holiday! Agatha travels to Cyprus, only to contend with her estranged fiance, an egregious group of truly terrible tourists, and a string of murders. . . In this sixth entertaining outing Agatha leaves the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely to pursue...

'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Toil and trouble in store for Agatha! Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their...

Eye of newt, toe of frog . . . and murder most foul! Left with bald patches thanks to the wicked doings of a murderer from a previous investigation, Agatha flees to coastal Wyckhadden to re-grow her lost locks. With hair tonic supplied by a local witch, Agatha's tresses begin to flow - but the...

She's practically perfect in every way! After being nearly killed by both a hired hit man and her former secretary, Agatha Raisin could use some low-key cases. So when Robert Smedley walks through the door of her detective agency, determined to prove that his wife is cheating on him, Raisin...

Agatha Raisin's neighbouring village of Ancombe is usually the epitome of quiet rural charm, but the arrival of a new mineral-water company - which intends to tap into the village spring - sends tempers flaring and divides the parish council into two stubborn camps. When Agatha, who just happens...