Busy Body - Brossura

Beaton, M. C.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 031253650X ISBN 13: 9780312536503

Casa editrice: Minotaur Books, 2011

Riassunto

When a Scrooge-like officer with the Health and Safety Board spoils the Costwolds holiday festivities by trumping up reasons to ban town decorations and May Dimwoody's hand-made toys, Agatha Raisin is called on to investigate the officer's subsequent murder. By the best-selling author of There Goes the Bride. Reprint.

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L'autore:

M. C. Beaton has been hailed as the "Queen of Crime" (The Globe and Mail). In addition to her New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television—Beaton is the author of the Hamish Macbeth series and four Edwardian mysteries. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between the English Cotswolds and Paris.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

This Christmas, be careful what you wish for...

Cranky yet lovable Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, though her cozy village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. Until now. This year, local Health and Safety Board officer John Sunday is threatening to undo some of Carsley's most time-honored traditions. The tree on top of the church? A public menace. The decorations hanging on the lampposts? Hazardous. Even May Dimwoody's homemade toys are deemed unsafe for the children. Bah humbug! The Carsely Ladies Society is in an uproar and will do anything to put a stop to this Scrooge—only to find that someone else has done it for them...with a kitchen knife. Soon Agatha's detective agency is on the case. But when a man has made as many enemies as Mr. John Sunday, it's hard to know where to start—or how to stop the killer from striking again.

"Beaton does a brilliant job...Agatha's struggles...continue to tantalize."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Agatha scores again with a cunning mix of satire and mystery."—Kirkus Reviews

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• Editore: Minotaur Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 031253650X
• ISBN 13: 9780312536503
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 294