- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition First Printing edition (Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312185235
- ISBN-13: 978-0312185237
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 408,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Anyone interested in a few hours' worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin."--"Atlanta Journal-Constitution" "Cotswolds snoop Agatha Raisin ("Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist," 1997, etc.), still smarting from her broken engagement to neighbor James Lacey, returns in yet another cozy featuring backbiting provincial villagers. The Ancombe Water Company is trying to negotiate a deal with the parish council to bottle water from a historic village spring, a move that has sharply divided the council. When the body of Robert Struthers, the council chairman who had not yet committed on the issue, is found head-down in the spring, Agatha, who's doing PR for the water company, and James each decide to investigate. Bitterness keeps them apart, and 50-something Agatha is romanced by the much younger Guy Freemont, a company director. Beaton performs deftly, with Agatha pining for James while weighing the pros and cons of village lif
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Agatha Raisin's neighbouring village of Ancombe is usually the epitome of quiet rural charm, but the arrival of a new mineral-water company - which intends to tap into the village spring - sends tempers flaring and divides the parish council into two stubborn camps. When Agatha, who just happens to be handling the PR for the water company, finds the council chairman murdered at the basin of the spring, tongues start wagging. Could one of the council members have polished off the chairman before he could cast the deciding vote? Poor Agatha, still nursing a bruised heart from one of her unsuccessful romantic encounters, must get cracking, investigate the councillors and solve the crime. Praise Agatha Raisin series: 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem.' Publishers Weekly. 'The detective novels of M.C. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status.' The Times. 'Being a cranky, middle-aged female myself, I found Agatha charming' - Amazon customer review. 'Agatha Raisin is sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non PC. M C Beaton has created a new national treasure...the stories zing along and are irresistible, unputdownable, a joy. If you buy one book a year, let it be this. 'Agatha Raisin is The Strongest Link' - Anne Robinson.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Cotswold Village council is acrimoniously split as to allowing a company to bottle water from the town's historically famous spring. Acrimonious turns out to be not a sharp enough description as the corpse of the uncommitted council president is found inside the spring. Agatha Raisin, who has been hired by the Anacombe Water Company to provide public relations for the firm, decides to investigate. Her former fiancé, James Lacey also begins to inquire as to what happened to the president.
James and Agatha are irate with one another and refuse to help each other on their independent investigations. Although James has hurt her deeply, Agatha misses James, but she is seeing a much younger man. At the same time, her investigation seems to be going nowhere as everyone has an alibi. When a second murder occurs, Agatha realizes that she needs to uncover the identity of a killer, who will do anything to win the argument over the spring.
In the seventh Agatha raisin mystery, M.C. Beaton continues to keep her characters and their village fresh, especially as they struggle with the influx of major outside capitalism on a historical item. The story line is intriguing as the investigation by amateur sleuth extraodinaire Agatha is adroitly developed. This collection continues to be one of the best English cozy series on the market.
Harriet Klausner
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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M C Beaton has done it again. Pure genius. The continuing on/off romance between Agatha and James Lacey is intriguing. I am dying (no pun intended) to find out if they eventually get together. I started reading the Agatha Raisin books by accident but am absolutely hooked. I love fact that Agatha is so disliked yet liked by so many people. She's infectious!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I do enjoy feisty Agatha and her self-doubts, but I am tired of James, though I do find Roy, who is transparent, amusing. I enjoy mystery stories, but I wonder how much longer I will read Agatha if I have to wade through her "relationship" with James. It's getting to be boring...bring on someone else for Agatha or kill off James or both.
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Warm, witty and murder too
This is the seventh book in M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin series and, as with all the earlier books, it was an absolute pleasure to read. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Caroline
more fab agatha raisin
As usual M C Beaton, has written another funny and action full murder mystery. Agatha is a mix between Miss marple with her noseyness, and Jessica Fletcher with her eye for a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by susanm
Too many inconsistencies.
I find the Agatha Raisin series very hit and miss, and have to say that this story was very disappointing. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Swanson
BOTTLED WATER IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOU...
In this seventh book of this contemporary cozy mystery series, the indomitable Agatha Raisin is still trying to meld into village life in the Cotswalds. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lawyeraau
Another stellar effort
I am a big fan of MC Beaton, especially Agatha, and this does not disappoint. Note to readers new to Agatha Raisin, read the books in sequence, otherwise references to previous... Read more
Published 4 months ago by manicarrie
Not as good
Having enjoyed the 6 in the series before this one,i have to say i was a little dissapointed in this one,didnt really do it for me. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lynne (W)
Agatha and public relations
A water company arranges to extract water from a spring in the village of Ancombe - not far from the Cotswold village of Carsely where Agatha Raisin lives. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lady Sophia
THE DIVIDING OF THE WATER
A Company seeks to market water from a neighbouring village's natural spring. Agatha is employed to smooth the way. Not easy! Some of the parish council are violently opposed. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. D. L. Rees
Another Outing for Agatha
Mrs Raisin is back once again, trying to solve yet another murder. When a couple of businessmen want to start selling spring water from the village of Ancombe there are mixed... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by M. Dowden
Agatha Raisin Wins Again
Agatha Raisin novels are one of my guilty reading pleasures. It's the comedy in the characters and the fact that they are genuinely a really good `whodunit' that so far I have only... Read more
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