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Calvin Park Branch | Largetype Fiction MYSTERY Beato | On loan until: 17/May/24 |
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Title Statement | Dead on target [text (large print)] / M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green. |
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Series | Thorndike Press large print mystery series |
Agatha Raisin mystery | |
Author | Beaton, M. C |
Additional Contributors | Green, R. W |
Publication | Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company,2023. |
Edition | Large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 319 pages (large print) ; |
ISBN | 9798885794473 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07427583 |
General Notes | "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Constable Books"--Title page verso. "The basis for the hit TV series Agatha Raisin"--Dust jacket. Originally published in standard print format: New York : Minotaur Books, 2023. |
Summary | "Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Dead on Target. A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods--with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha's old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes, declares the death a tragic accident, believing the victim has been hit by a stray arrow from an archery demonstration. Agatha is convinced of foul play, however, and is shocked when Wilkes eventually agrees ... with her as his prime murder suspect. Determined to clear her name and find the real killer, Agatha launches her own investigation, quickly becoming involved with a family at war, an unscrupulous gangster--and a killer who is determined to make her the next victim ... "-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Murder--Fiction--Investigation |
Villages--Fiction--England | |
Women private investigators--Fiction--England--Cotswold Hills | |
By Name | Raisin, Agatha |
By Location | Cotswold Hills (England)--Fiction |
England--Fiction | |
By Genre | Detective and mystery fiction |
Large print books | |
Novels |