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Sugar and Spite: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

by M. C. Beaton

A village mystery among the birdwatchers

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A village mystery among the birdwatchers

A string of deaths unsettles a Cotswolds birdwatching community, bringing Agatha Raisin and her team at Raisin Investigators into a tangle of old relationships and concealed secrets. The investigation runs alongside disruption in Agatha’s personal life: John Glass is away for work, while Sir Charles Fraith moves closer. Birdwatching gives the mystery its particular setting, while the village’s long-standing tensions supply the case with its social backdrop. The story combines a murder investigation with complications in Agatha’s relationships, keeping both strands in view as she searches for clues and tries to prevent further deaths.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy women-led mystery and detective fiction.
  • Readers interested in village mysteries involving close-knit communities and buried secrets.
  • Readers who enjoy a detective’s personal relationships sharing space with the central case.

Themes

Village secrets and old rivalriesAmateur birdwatching communityMurder investigationRomantic complications

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Book overview

Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again.

When a series of deaths within the small Cotswolds birdwatching community begins to unravel her village, Agatha and her team at Raisin Investigators are certain there has been foul play involved. Now, they must dig up decades' worth of tempestuous relationships and simmering secrets among the birdwatching enthusiasts of the village in order to prevent any further deaths.

But with Agatha's own relationship with John Glass on the rocks after he is called away on his job as a cruise ship dance instructor, and Sir Charles Fraith now attempting to step into John's shoes as her lover, Agatha has her work cut out for her.

Agatha will have to break out her binoculars and embrace her bitter side to solve the murders and wrangle the sickly-sweet temptations in her own life. Will she be able to gather all the breadcrumbs and put together the clues before she becomes a sitting duck herself?

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