Agatha Raisin: Hot to Trot

Product Description \x27Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy\x27 ASHLEY JENSEN\x27No wonder she\x27s been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime\x27 MAIL ON SUNDAY\x27A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed\x27 DAILY MAIL\x27The detective novels of M C Beaton have reached cult status\x27 THE TIMESPrivate Detective Agatha Raisin immerses herself in the glittering lifestyle of the fabulously wealthy when Sir Charles Fraith is accused of murder \- and Agatha is named as his accomplice! A high\-society wedding, a glitzy masked ball, and an introduction to the world of international show\-jumping where the riders are glamorous, the horses are beautiful, and intrigue runs deep, leave Agatha with a list of suspects as long as a stallion\x27s tail. Sinister evidence then emerges that appears to seal Sir Charles\x27s fate and Agatha must uncover the truth before a net of skulduggery closes around him and he loses his ancestral home, his entire estate, and his freedom. And if events weren\x27t complicated enough... Agatha\x27s ex\-husband James Lacey is back in Carsely and back in Agatha\x27s heart...Praise for M. C. Beaton\x27s Agatha Raisin mysteries:\x27Irresistible, unputdownable, a joy\x27 Anne Robinson\x27Full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm\x27 Lee Child\x27Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, a pack\-a\-day habit and major man lust. In fact, I think she could be living my dream life\x27 Entertainment Weekly\x27M. C. Beaton\x27s imperfect heroine is an absolute gem\x27 Publishers Weekly\x27[Agatha] is a glorious cross between Miss Marple, Auntie Mame, and Lucille Ball . . . She\x27s wonderful\x27 St. Petersburg Times\x27Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand\-new Agatha Raisin mystery\x27 Tampa Tribune\-Times\x27Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance\-hungry Agatha\x27 Chicago Sun\-Times Review 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 detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status ― The Times Full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm -- Lee Child Agatha Raisin is sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining. . . M C Beaton has created a new national treasure... the stories zing along and are irresistible, unputdownable, a joy -- Anne Robinson M. C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem ― Publishers Weekly Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem , a pack-a-day habit and major man lust. In fact, I think she could be living my dream life ― Entertainment Weekly The bucolic romantic entanglements sizzle . . . Beaton is like a less explicit Jilly Cooper . . . She also has a rebarbative wit that is worth any amount of gritty realism ― Daily Telegraph Book Description The brand new Agatha Raisin mystery from multimillion-selling author M. C. Beaton, the Queen of Cosy Crime, about an eccentric Cotswolds-based detective with an erratic love life and a penchant for G and Ts . . . About the Author M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky.