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AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WITCH OF WYCKHADDEN
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WIZARD OF EVESHAM
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WELLSPRING OF DEATH
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE TERRIBLE TOURIST
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE MURDEROUS MARRIAGE
EVERYONE ADORES AGATHA RAISIN!
'Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha'
-Chicago Sun-Times
'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshingly sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likable heroine ... A must for cozy fans.'
-Booklist
'Anyone interested in ... intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin.'
Atlanta Journal Constitution
'The Raisin series brings the cozy tradition back to life. God bless the Queen!'
-Tulsa World
'[Beaton's] imperfect heroine is an absolute gem!'
-Publishers Weekly
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WIZARD OF EVESHAM
'Beaton masterfully describes the annoyances and ego deflations suffered by the middle-aged Agatha, as well as the summertime blues caused by unusually hot weather.'
-Publishers Weekly
'Another delightful cozy featuring Cotswolds surroundings, a bit of history, and buoyant characters.'
-Library Journal
'[A] smartly updated Miss Marple ... Beaton's books about this tough little Raisin cookie are well-made and smoothly oiled entertainment machines ... Trust Agatha to solve it all in style'
-Amazon.com
'The return of Agatha Raisin, amateur sleuth extraordinaire, is always a treat and M. C. Beaton does not miss a beat ... Another fabulous English cozy by the great M. C. Beaton.'
-Harriet Klausner, Painted Rock Reviews
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WELLSPRING OF DEATH
'Tourists are advised to watch their back in the bucolic villages where M. C. Beaton sets her sly British mysteries ... Outsiders always spell trouble for the inbred societies Beaton observes with such cynical humor.'
-The New York Times Book Review
'Outspoken, chain-smoking, aggravating Agatha roars back for a[n] ... outing that will keep fans cheering. Must be something in the water.'
-The Poisoned Pen
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE TERRIBLE TOURIST
'Another refreshing and delightful series addition.'
-Library Journal
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE MURDEROUS MARRIAGE
'Beaton gleefully creates one excruciating situation after another for her indomitable heroine to endure.'
-Publishers Weekly
ST. MARTIN'S PAPERBACKS TITLES
BV M. C. BEATON
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
AGATHA
RAISIN
AND THE
FAIRIES
OF
FRYFAM
M. C. BEATON
AGATHA RAISIN AND THE FAIRIES OF FRYFAM Copyright (c) 2000 by M. C. Beaton.
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AGATHA Raisin was selling up and leaving Carsely for good.
Or rather, that had been the plan.
She had already rented a cottage in the village of Fryfam in Norfolk. She had rented blind. She neither knew the village or anywhere else in Norfolk. A fortune-teller had told her that her destiny lay in Norfolk. Her next-door neighbour, the love of her life, James Lacey, had departed without saying goodbye and so she had decided to move to Norfolk and had chosen the village of Fryfam by sticking a pin in the map. A call to the Fryfam police station had put her in touch with a local estate agent, the cottage was rented, and all Agatha had to do was sell her own cottage and leave.
But the problem lay in the people who came to view the house. Either the women were too attractive and Agatha was not going to have an attractive woman living next door to James, or they were sour and grumpy, and she did not want to inflict such people on the village.
She was due to move into her rented Norfolk cottage at the beginning of October and it was now heading to the end of September. Bright-coloured autumn leaves swirled about the Cotswold Lanes. It was an Indian summer
