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Summary
Summary
New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--now the star of a hit T.V. show--is back on the case again in Beating About the Bush .
She won't let any moss grow under her feet...
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?
"M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery." -- The New York Times Book Review
Reviews (2)
Booklist Review
Agatha Raisin's detective agency is hired by Morrison's, an engineering firm, to investigate a possible case of industrial espionage. Employees and management are surprisingly secretive and uncooperative, and two incidents occur that are personally embarrassing to Agatha, leading her to believe that someone at the firm hopes to sabotage her efforts. When one of Morrison's employees dies, supposedly killed by the company owner's donkey, Wizz-Wazz, Agatha believes the donkey is innocent, and that the employee was murdered. While working on a nationwide campaign to save Wizz-Wazz from being put to death, Agatha pursues this line of investigation even after the death is ruled accidental and her firm is fired. On the personal front, Agatha has a new man in her life and is concerned she may lose a valued employee plus, her good friend Sir Charles Fraith has a secret no one wants to share with Agatha. Humor and the familiar cast of quirky characters make for a satisfying addition to the long-running series.--Sue O'Brien Copyright 2019 Booklist
Library Journal Review
The celebrated Queen of Crime returns with her beloved Agatha Raisin on the trail of the murderer who carted elderly Mrs. Dunwiddy's body to the scrubby woods lining the road out of Mircester. That brings Agatha face to face with factory bosses and Russian officials (both unforthcoming) even as she broods over her growing feelings for her friend and sometime lover, Sir Charles Fraith.
