Killing Time

De: M. C. Beaton, R. W. Green

Narrado por: Penelope Keith

Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton’s cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hit television series—is back on the case again.

Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency is working flat out on a series of shop burglaries. The break-ins seem to have taken a violent turn when a friend of Agatha’s is murdered during a raid on his shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous, promotional event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.

When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being abducted by kidnappers, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to the island of Mallorca to lie low for a while. There she meets her partner, former police officer John Glass, who is now working as a dance instructor on a cruise liner. Their relationship founders over John’s apparent closeness to his stage dance partner, Louise. Putting her love life on hold, Agatha heads home, having worked out who has been threatening her life.

Can Agatha track down whoever it is that wants her dead, nail her friend’s murderers, and rescue her romance with John Glass? Everything comes to a climax at the Barfield Extravaganza when Agatha also manages to solve a 400-year-old Cotswold murder mystery!

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James in the Rearview Mirror

I love the new track Charles is taking pursuing Agatha and I am so glad James is finally is in the friend zone

A lot of mysteries

Raisin investigation was the wrong place to cross. The team was a well oiled company. With Agatha Raisin was in charge. Three different cases rolled into one. A murder of a friend. All was worked out by the team .

Perfection!

How is it possible that this series keeps excelling? No mystery there - What a blessing for R.W. Green to carry the torch of M.C. Beaton's work - and - Penelope Keith is simply THE BEST! The characters remain our best friends - and the multilayered storylines are perfection!

Agatha Raisin Lives!!!

I loved the story!! I was so sad about M.C. Beaton passing but so grateful she allowed R.W. Green to continue the character that I so enjoy. And having Penelope read was the icing on the cake!! A refreshing read with a great story line. Please continue her character and definitely keep Penelope as reader…she really brings the character alive!!
Can’t wait (hopefully) for another installment in the series. Btw, I also am happy with how James and all of the other characters have turned out 😍

I love Agatha

Once again Agatha comes out on top. I look forward to seeing what happens next.