Busy Body: Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series, Book 21
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Busy Body continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.
Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, but her cozy little village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. But this year Mr. John Sunday, a self-important officer with the Health and Safety Board, has ruled that the traditional tree on top of the church is a public menace; that lampposts are unsafe for hanging illuminations; that May Dimwoody's homemade toys are dangerous for children... Things have reached such a desperate pass that the Carsely Ladies' Society joins forces with the ladies in the neighboring village of Odley Cruesis to try to put a stop to Mr. Sunday's meddling—only to find that someone has literally put a stop to him with a kitchen knife.
Agatha's detective agency is on the case, but when a man has made as many enemies as John Sunday, it's hard to know where to start...
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M. C. Beaton. (2010). Busy Body: Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series, Book 21. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)M. C. Beaton. 2010. Busy Body: Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series, Book 21. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)M. C. Beaton, Busy Body: Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series, Book 21. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)M. C. Beaton. Busy Body: Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series, Book 21. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010.
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In bestseller Beaton's terrific 21st Agatha Raisin mystery (after 2009's There Goes the Bride), the fiercely formidable private detective and her perky young protégé, Toni Gilmour, look into the stabbing murder of John "Grudge" Sunday, a Mircester health and safety board officer, outside a joint meeting of two Cotswolds ladies' societies. The unpopular Sunday had put a pall on the holidays by stopping the annual custom of erecting a Christmas tree atop the Carsely church tower. Millionaire and prime suspect Miriam Courtney, who threatened to kill Sunday, hires Agatha to clear her name. Complications ensue after someone strikes Miriam a fatal blow to the head. Beaton, the pen name for Marion Chesney, does a brilliant job of depicting Agatha's struggles with aging and keeping her detective agency afloat. Her romantic upheavals (will she ever marry close friend Sir Charles Fraith?) continue to tantalize.
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