Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor
By (Author) M.C. Beaton
Little, Brown Book Group
Constable
12th July 2016
7th July 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
272
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
224g
Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha!
Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! - his idea of an idyllic break is the small, run-down resort of Burryhill-on-Sea. And from there on things go from bad to worse, so when a fellow guest in their hotel is found murdered, Agatha herself is chief suspect - and has to solve this case from a locked police cell!Praise for the Agatha Raisin series:'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining . . . M. C. Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson ''M. C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly 'An enchanting series . . . M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery' New York Times Book ReviewThe detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. - The Times
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 WeeklyAnother winner for M.C. Beaton fans. - My WeeklyM.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-one 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.