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Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor - M.C. Beaton

 

Description: ISBN 1845294483 / Author: M. C. Beaton / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her old flame James ... more
Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor - M.C. Beaton ... Lacey invites her on a holiday, but to her horror, his idea of an exotic destination is a small, rundown town called Burryhill-on-Sea. Needless to say, the break doesn't go as planned. When a guest staying in the same hotel as Agatha and James is found murdered, Agatha quickly becomes prime suspect - and must solve this case from a prison cell!

Newest Review: ... a dodgy career criminal...Will she find the murderer before it is too late? And will she eventually be able to win James back ... more

 ... into her life? One thing about the Agatha Raisin series is that I know I will have an enjoyable read. Having just worked my way through a book that was particularly difficult to read, this was just what I wanted, so I was delighted to find this title in my library. M C Beaton is probably better known as the author of the Hamish Macbeth series, but this series, about an ex-PR executive turned private investigator is just as entertaining. Characterisation is not M C Beaton's strongpoint. She has made more of an effo...more

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Format: hardback, Publisher: Constable and Robinson, ISBN: 184529
Pages: 224, Hardcover, Constable - Books/Subjects/Crime, Thriller ...
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Premium Review Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor - M.C. Beaton: More lies than love (782 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 02.05.07 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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Agatha Raisin is delighted when her ex-husband, James Lacey, invites her to go away on holiday with him. Thinking that their relationship may be about to start up again, she is all the more disappointed to find that James is taking her to an old English seaside resort that has seen better days. Even worse, she can't escape, because a woman staying at the same hotel is murdered, strangled with Agatha's scarf. As the prime suspect, Agatha is dragged away to the police cells, where she struggles to prove her innocence. Once released, she finds she is too intrigued to leave - she wants to find out who the murderer is. There are no shortage of suspects; the dead ...

 

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