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A spoonful of poison : an Agatha Raisin mystery
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- ISBN: 0312349122
- ISBN: 0312943504
- ISBN: 9780312943509
- ISBN: 9781250026767
- ISBN: 9780312349127
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Physical Description:
288 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: 1st St. Martin's Minotaur ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008.
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| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Subject: | Raisin, Agatha (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Women private investigators -- Fiction Fasts and feasts -- Fiction Poisoning -- Fiction Cotswold Hills (England) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. |
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- 13 of 15 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Creston Public Library | MYS BEA (Text) | 35140000846454 | Mystery | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-26 |
More information
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 September #2
Most cozy readers have already discovered Agatha Raisin and decided for themselves if they like the clever puzzle-oriented plots enough to tolerate the abrasive and prickly main character. In this nineteenth outing, Agatha is asked to help publicize a church fund-raising fête for a nearby village in the Cotswolds. So she puts aside her private-detective business and sharpens her old public-relations skills. Agatha succeeds in bringing out a crowd, but everything is spoiled when one of the homemade jams being judged is laced with LSD, and the body count begins to mount. Of course, Agatha and Toni, her young detective-in-training, set out to find the person responsible, and naturally, Agatha foolishly falls for George, the handsome organizer of the festival. A few old friends from past adventures pop in and out of the story line to lend continuity to the series, but once again, Agatha's jealousy pushes away the very friends who could make her life happier, if less exciting. Agatha is an acquired taste, but she does have her fans. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2008 August #2
Agatha Raisin grudgingly agrees to help publicize a church fete for Vicar Arthur Chance, only to discover that what's really needed are her detective skills.Despite a cold reception from the vicar's wife, Agatha is happier about helping with the celebration after she meets handsome architect George Selby. It's not her fault that someone laces the jam at a tasting contest with LSD and a parishioner leaps to her death. When the vicar hires Agatha's agency to find the villain, she relies for help on her staff: Phil Marshall, Patrick Mulligan and especially her newest hire, bright young Toni Gilmour (Kissing Christmas Goodbye, 2007). Ever susceptible to a handsome face, especially since her breakup with long-running suitor James Lacey, Agatha finds it hard to suspect Selby even after it's suggested that his late wife's tumble down the stairs was no accident. The diverse village population includes a number of promising suspects, but none of them quite fills the bill. Agatha blows hot and cold with Selbyâand with Toni, whose youth, good looks and success make her jealous. Shrugging off the village's collective cold shoulder, Agatha continues to dig for the truth, no matter how unpalatable.Agatha remains as resolutely unlovable as ever. Perhaps that makes her believable as a person, if not as a crime solver. Copyright Kirkus 2008 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2008 June #1
The 19th Agatha Raisin mystery from best-selling author Beaton features a new love interest, a village church fair, and poisoned jam at a tasting booth. The author lives in the English Cotswolds and in Paris. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2008 August #1
When elderly Mrs. Andrews blithely jumps to her death off the tower of Saint Odo the Severe during a church charity event in the Cotswolds village of Comfrey Magna, LSD-laced jam proves to be the cause in bestseller Beaton's saucy 19th Agatha Raisin mystery (after 2007's Kissing Christmas Goodbye ). Agatha joins the local authorities in the investigation, which focuses on the six women who contributed jam to the church fete, including wealthy Sybilla Triast-Perkins. Agatha and Toni Gilmour, her young detective-in-training, soon find unmasking the lethal jam poisoner complicated by Sybilla's sudden suicide and a murder connected to the theft of the fete's proceeds. Beaton's sly humor enhances the cozy-style plotting, while updates on Agatha's and Toni's respective romantic travails are delightful as ever. The open-ended resolution points to more madcap mayhem to come. (Oct.)
[Page 48]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
