Celebrating the 20th anniversary of everyone's favourite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever, following AS THE PIG TURNS. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love - again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. When George doesn't show up for a charity ball, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike.
Summary: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of everyone's favourite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever, following AS THE PIG TURNS. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love - again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. When George doesn't show up for a charity ball, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike.
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