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Title details for Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M. C. Beaton - Available

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

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by M. C. Beaton
Penelope Keith
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Agatha Raisin's neighboring 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 happens to be the PR person for the water company, finds the council chairman murdered at the spring, tongues start wagging. Could one of the council members have silenced the chairman before he could cast the deciding vote? It is up to Agatha, still nursing a bruised heart from her broken engagement, to investigate the councilors, solve the crime—and promote the water company in the face of all this scandal.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Agatha Raisin Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 1, 2012

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792797227
      • File size: 165649 KB
      • Duration: 05:45:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 3, 1998
      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 life. Particularly entertaining elements include James's undercover stint in a militant environment group and, in a finale that follows a second murder, the introduction of a new side to Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's usually plodding wife.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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