Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon - Softcover

M.C. Beaton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849011494 ISBN 13: 9781849011495

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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 Investigations immediately offers to help.

Unfortunately for Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to be the perfect wife: young, pretty, and a regular volunteer at church. But just as Agatha is ready to give up, Smedley is poisoned with weed killer, leaving Mabel, the prime suspect, to inherit a fortune.

With no one left to pay her, Agatha has to drop the investigation . . . that is, until her old friend Sir Charles Fraith turns up again to rekindle her curiosity in the case.

Praise for the Agatha Raisin series:

'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson

'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly

'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.' Booklist

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Review:

M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure & Agatha Raisin is the strongest link. (Anne Robinson)

Anyone interested in a few hours' worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Beaton's dry sense of humour and her unflattering but affectionate portrait of gruff, often adolescent acting Agatha make this... tale a bloom worth picking. (Publishers Weekly)

Engaging (Booklist)

Book Description:

The sixteenth in the Agatha Raisin series, complete with brand new cover design

About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849011494
• ISBN 13: 9781849011495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272