The Blood of an Englishman
by:
M.C. Beaton (author)
Alison Larkin (narrator)
Even though Agatha Raisin loathes Christmas panto, her friend Mrs Bloxby, the vicar’s wife, has persuaded her to support the local am dram society in their festive offering. Stifling a yawn at the production of Babes in the Wood, Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on...
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Even though Agatha Raisin loathes Christmas panto, her friend Mrs Bloxby, the vicar’s wife, has persuaded her to support the local am dram society in their festive offering. Stifling a yawn at the production of Babes in the Wood, Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on stage until a trapdoor opens… followed by a scream and silence!
Surely this wasn’t the way the scene was rehearsed? When it turns out the local baker had been murdered most horribly, Agatha puts her team of detectives on the case. And they soon discover more feuds and temperamental behaviour in amateur dramatics than in a professional stage show – and face more and more danger as Agatha and her team get too close to the killer…
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781483037493
Publish date: 2014-09-16
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Minutes: 408
Edition language: English
Series: Agatha Raisin (#25)
I liked this book. It was nice to see the regular characters. In the first third, old disagreeable Agatha is back. Then the book shifts into a formulaic disappointment. Conflicts start and are resolve too quickly. Agatha senses danger now and it is overused. She has become high tech suddenly with th...
Thank you Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read and review this e-galley. I have finally read a book by M. C. Beaton and I know what all the fuss is about. While I'm not sure how I feel about Agatha Raisin, the jealous, petty and self consumed P.I. who is the main character in he...