Agatha Raisin and the blood of an Englishman
By: M.C. Beaton
Contributors: Beaton, M. C.
Series: Agatha Raisin mysteries -- 25; Agatha Raisin mysteries -- 25.
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781849019767
Subjects: Fiction; Women private investigators; Agatha Raisin (Fictitious character); City and town life; Amateur theater
Other titles: Blood of an Englishman
Description: Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, her friend Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of "Babes in the Woods," Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on the stage, until a trapdoor opens ... followed by a scream and then silence. Surely this isn't the way the scene was rehearsed? When it turns out the popular baker has been murdered, Agatha puts her team of private detectives on the case. They soon discover more feuds and temperamental behavior in amateur theatrics than in a professional stage show - and face more and more danger as the team gets too close to the killer.
Notes: "Includes short story Christmas crumble"--Jacket.