Agatha Raisin: Beating About the Bush (Beaton M.C.)(Paperback / softback)

''Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy'' ASHLEY JENSEN''No wonder she''s been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime'' MAIL ON SUNDAY ''A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed'' DAILY MAIL ''The detective novels of M C Beaton have reached cult status'' THE TIMES ''Irresistible, unputdownable, a joy'' ANNE ROBINSONAgatha Raisin returns for her 30th adventure . . . _____________When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems.The factory mystery soon turns to murder and a bad-tempered donkey turns Agatha into a national celebrity, before bringing her ridicule and shame. To add to her woes, Agatha finds herself grappling with growing feelings for her friend and occasional lover, Sir Charles Fraith. Then, as a possible solution to the factory murder unfolds, her own life is thrown into deadly peril. Will Agatha get her man at last? Or will the killer get her first? _____________Praise for M. C. Beaton''s Agatha Raisin series ''The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status'' The Times''A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed'' Daily Mail''Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, a pack-a-day habit and major man lust. In fact, I
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