The Blood of an Englishman (Agatha Raisin Mystery) - Hardcover

Beaton, M. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312616260 ISBN 13: 9780312616267

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2014

Synopsis

"Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman..."
Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, her friend Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of "Babes in the Woods," Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on the stage, until a trapdoor opens and the Ogre disappears in an impressive puff of smoke. Only he doesn't re-appear at final curtain.

Surely this isn't the way the scene was rehearsed? When it turns out the popular baker has been murdered, Agatha puts her team of private detectives on the case. They soon discover more feuds and temperamental behavior in amateur theatrics than in a professional stage show and face more and more danger as the team gets too close to the killer.
The Blood of an Englishman is Agatha's 25th adventure, and you'd think she would have learned by now not to keep making the same mistakes. Alas, no yet Agatha's flaws only make her more endearing. In this sparkling new entry in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling series of modern cozies, Agatha Raisin once again "manages to infuriate, amuse, and solicit our deepest sympathies as we watch her blunder her way boldly through another murder mystery" (Bookreporter.com).

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Review:

"Beaton turns the cozy genre on its head....This delightfully wicked mystery is a quick and entertaining read." --"RT Book Reviews "on "The Blood of an Englishman"
"["The Blood of an Englishman"] is another rollicking mixture of clever mystery-making and love gone wrong."

Beaton turns the cozy genre on its head....This delightfully wicked mystery is a quick and entertaining read. "RT Book Reviews on The Blood of an Englishman"

["The Blood of an Englishman"] is another rollicking mixture of clever mystery-making and love gone wrong. "Kirkus Reviews""

Beaton turns the cozy genre on its head....This delightfully wicked mystery is a quick and entertaining read. RT Book Reviews on The Blood of an Englishman

[The Blood of an Englishman] is another rollicking mixture of clever mystery-making and love gone wrong. Kirkus Reviews

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Book Description:

Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman!

The eagerly-awaited new Agatha Raisin novel from international bestseller M.C. Beaton

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0312616260
• ISBN 13: 9780312616267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294