07/13/2015
Jealousy prompts Agatha Raisin to visit therapist Jill Devant, who has attracted the attention of Agatha’s ex-husband, James Lacey, in bestseller Beaton’s lively 26th cozy featuring the remarkably intuitive private detective (after 2014’s The Blood of an Englishman). The session at Jill’s office in Carsely, the scenic Cotswolds village where Agatha resides, doesn’t go well, since Jill accuses Agatha of lying about her past. Agatha has further reason to resent Jill because Jill is counseling Gwen Simple, who Agatha is convinced was an accessory to murder in her previous case. When someone strangles Jill, gossip suggests that Agatha was involved, given her quite public disdain for the therapist. Agatha, aided by her loyal team of investigators, sets out to prove her innocence, but as usual her penchant for allowing handsome suitors to distract her complicates her search for the killer. Fans of traditional English mysteries who appreciate oddball sleuths will be rewarded. Agent: Barbara Lowenstein, Lowenstein Associates. (Sept.)
Dishing the Dirt (Agatha Raisin Series #26)
Narrated by Alison Larkin
M. C. BeatonUnabridged — 6 hours, 58 minutes
Dishing the Dirt (Agatha Raisin Series #26)
Narrated by Alison Larkin
M. C. BeatonUnabridged — 6 hours, 58 minutes
Overview
New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin is back and finds that she must prove her own innocence when a local therapist turns up dead.
When therapist Jill Davent moved to the village of Carsely, Agatha Raisin was not a fan. Not only was this therapist romancing Agatha's ex-husband, she dug up details of Agatha's not-too-glamorous origins. Jill also counsels a woman, Gwen Simple, that Agatha firmly believes assisted her son in some grisly murders, although there is no proof. Not one to keep her feelings to herself, Agatha tells anyone who will listen that Jill is a charlatan and better off dead. Agatha can only sigh with relief when the therapist takes an office in Mircester.
When Agatha learns that Jill had hired a private detective to investigate her background, she barges into Jill's office and gives her a piece of her mind, yelling, “I could kill you!” So when Jill is found strangled to death in her office two days later, Agatha becomes the prime suspect. But Agatha, along with her team of private detectives, is determined to prove her innocence and find the real culprit. This time Agatha must use her skills to save her own skin.
With Dishing the Dirt, M. C. Beaton proves that “once you meet Agatha Raisin, you'll keep coming back” (New York Journal of Books).
Editorial Reviews
"Full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm.” —Lee Child
“As always, M. C. Beaton presents us with an Agatha Raisin who manages to infuriate, amuse and solicit our deepest sympathies as we watch her blunder her way boldly through another murder mystery.” —Bookreporter.com on Hiss and Hers
“I know I once vowed to read only Agatha Christie for a year, but I've cheated. My No. 1 mistress: M.C. Beaton and her Agatha Raisin whodunits. Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, pack-a-day habit, and major man lust.” —Entertainment Weekly on A Spoonful of Poison
“Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand-new Agatha Raisin mystery.” —Tampa Tribune
With Dishing the Dirt, M. C. Beaton proves that once you meet Agatha Raisin, you’ll keep coming back.”
Narrator Alison Larkin gives an enthusiastic narration of this lighthearted mystery…with a crisp English accent…Larkin’s reading is vivacious.”
The acerbic Agatha Raisin is back in her twenty-sixth outing…Agatha is the same character fans have adored and others have disdained all these years: vain; envious of younger, prettier women; man crazy; and blunt to the point of rudeness. It may not be everyone’s recipe for success, but it works for Agatha.”
The Agatha Raisin series is my guilty pleasure—it’s full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm.”
09/01/2015
Never one to keep quiet, Agatha Raisin confronts Jill Davent when she learns Jill hired a detective to look into Agatha's background. Two days later, the therapist, who was suspected of being a quack, is found strangled and Agatha is the prime suspect. Now on her 26th case (after The Blood of an Englishman), Agatha must use her sleuthing expertise to save her own hide. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/15.]
Narrator Alison Larkin gives an enthusiastic narration of this lighthearted mystery. While she doesn’t fully inhabit the character of the headstrong, man-hunting, middle-aged private detective Agatha Raisin, she does offer a pleasant reading with a crisp English accent. In this installment of the long-running series, Agatha finds herself a suspect in the murder of a local therapist who has been blackmailing her clients by threatening to reveal their secrets. Using her intuition, pompous attitude, and sheer luck, Agatha sets out to find the real murderer. Larkin’s reading is vivacious, but there are several awkward pauses and inconsistencies in character voices that sometimes make it difficult to discern who is speaking. M.M.G. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
2015-06-30
A private detective continues her search for love in all the wrong places. Her hunches pan out so very often that Agatha Raisin may well be the cleverest detective in the Cotswolds. But her taste in men leaves a lot to be desired. This time, however, trouble comes from an unexpected source. The newest arrival in Carsely, Jill Davent, who's set up a counseling practice, makes an enemy of Agatha when she discovers the poverty-stricken background the sleuth has worked so hard to conceal. Soon after Agatha visits Jill in her office and declares "leave me alone or I'll kill you," Mrs. Bloxby, Agatha's good friend and wife of the local vicar, finds Jill dead, and Agatha is the prime suspect. Agatha would like the killer to be the lovely Gwen Simple, the mother of the murderer in her last case (The Blood of an Englishman, 2014), but Jill had plenty of other clients with something to hide—and it turns out that she was a blackmailer. As more bodies are added to the count, Agatha, Sir Charles Fraith, her friend and sometime lover, and the rest of her regular team continue to investigate. At least one of the victims was poisoned by monkshood, and Agatha's search for that poisonous plant leads to a number of attempts on her life. As usual, Agatha attracts and forfeits the attentions of a number of eligible bachelors while hunting a clever killer; a basket full of red herrings makes this one of her more interesting cases.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169779240 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 09/15/2015 |
| Series: | Agatha Raisin Series , #26 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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