M. C. Beaton: Pushing Up Daisies
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- Materiaali: Sidottu
- Kustantaja: Minotaur Books
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781250057440
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Agatha Raisin, private detective, resident in the Cotswold village of Carsely, should have been a contented and happy woman But things are about to get a little less cozy. Lord Bellington, a wealthy land developer, wants to turn the community garden into a housing estate. And when Agatha and her friend Sir Charles Fraith attempt to convince Lord Bellington to abandon his plans, he scoffs, Do you think I give a damn about what a lot of pesky villagers want? So it s no surprise that some in the town are feeling celebratory when Agatha finds his obituary in the newspaper two weeks later. The villagers are relieved to learn that Bellington s son and heir, Damian, has no interest in continuing his father s development plans. Except the death was apparently murder, and the police see Damian as suspect number one--though Agatha finds plenty of others when he hires her to find the real killer. The good news is that a handsome retired detective named Gerald has recently moved to town. Too bad he was seen kissing another newcomer Soon, another murder further entangles Gerald and Agatha in a growing web of intrigue as they work with her team of detectives work to uncover the killer s identity. '