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'Death of a Traitor'
'Death of a Traitor'

Bog | Engelsk

In this addition to a New York Times bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems. Kate Hibbert is all too eager

Death of a Green-Eyed Monster
Death of a Green-Eyed Monster

Bog | Engelsk

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth -- Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman -- is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Hamish's new constab

'Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight'
'Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight'

Bog | Engelsk

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY Agatha and her assistant, Toni, are driving to their friend Bill Wong's wedding, thinking of nothing

'Death of a Ghost'
'Death of a Ghost'

Bog | Engelsk

There are many ruined castles in Scotland. One such lies outside the village of Drim. Hamish begins to hear reports that this castle is haunted and lights have been seen there at night, but he assumes it's some children or maybe the local lads going t

'Death of an Honest Man'
'Death of an Honest Man'

Bog | Engelsk

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth - Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman - returns for the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling series. Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried

'Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death'
'Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death'

Bog | Engelsk

Revenge is a dish best served warm... High-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She's off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making comp

'Death of a Village'
'Death of a Village'

Bog | Engelsk

Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy. On a routine visit, Hamish Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church unexpectedly full, and the very air permeated with fear. Then an explo

'Death of a Gentle Lady'
'Death of a Gentle Lady'

Bog | Engelsk

Mrs Gentle has fooled everyone into thinking she is as sweet as she sounds - Gentle by name and gentle by nature. But local constable Hamish Macbeth isn't fooled. He believes this little old lady is actually quite sly and vicious, but he's in a mi

'Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage'
'Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage'

Bog | Engelsk

The morning of Agatha's marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. James breaks o

'Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist'
'Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist'

Bog | Engelsk

Cold-blooded murder heats up Agatha's summer holiday! Agatha travels to Cyprus, only to contend with her estranged fiance, an egregious group of truly terrible tourists, and a string of murders. . . In this sixth entertaining outing Agatha leaves the

'Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death'
'Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death'

Bog | Engelsk

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

'Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham'
'Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham'

Bog | Engelsk

The local ladies all deem Mr John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head - and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple - she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser. And as well as sorting out her hair it soon b

'Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden'
'Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden'

Bog | Engelsk

Eye of newt, toe of frog ...and murder most foul! Left with bald patches thanks to the wicked doings of a murderer from a previous investigation, Agatha flees to coastal Wyckhadden to re-grow her lost locks. With hair tonic supplied by a local witch, Agat

'Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam'
'Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam'

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha's away with the fairies ...And the little folk are causing big trouble for her! Angry at being jilted by new husband James, Agatha follows a fortune-teller's advice and rents a cottage in pretty Fryfam. There, she hopes, true love will come

'Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came'
'Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came'

Bog | Engelsk

It can be hell in high water! Drowned brides are like buses: nothing for ages, then two come along at the same time ...! Abandoned by husband James, Agatha hops on a plane to the South Pacific, hoping to mend her broken heart. But there she meets a happy

'Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate'
'Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate'

Bog | Engelsk

He was a vicar to die for - and he did! Agatha is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet ...along with every other

'Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House'
'Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House'

Bog | Engelsk

A vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living? Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha snooping around, but it turns out the victim of the haunting is a universally disliked old biddy on whom someone is playing a practical joke. And then the old lad

'Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance'
'Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance'

Bog | Engelsk

There may be trouble ahead ...so will Agatha face the music? Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then wa

'Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor'
'Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor'

Bog | Engelsk

Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha! Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! - his idea of an idyllic break is the small, run-down resort of Burryhill-on-Sea. And from there on

'Death of a Scriptwriter'
'Death of a Scriptwriter'

Bog | Engelsk

Truth is stranger than fiction... Patricia Martyn-Broyd, now in her seventies, has retired to the Highlands. She hasn't written a word in years and her books are out of print. But now a television company is about to film her last detective story, fea

'Death of an Addict'
'Death of an Addict'

Bog | Engelsk

Are drugs responsible for a sighting of Nessie's long lost relative? Recovering addict Tommy Jarret has just rented a chalet to check out reports of a sea monster near the village of Drim. But when he turns up dead, apparently from a drug overdose, Lo

'Death of a Dustman'
'Death of a Dustman'

Bog | Engelsk

Grime and punishment . . . When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre and is dubbed 'Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new power

'Death of a Kingfisher'
'Death of a Kingfisher'

Bog | Engelsk

'Explosive and engaging' - Booklist A featherbrained scheme to make cold, hard cash . . . PC Hamish Macbeth can't help but admire the resourcefulness of the Highlanders during the Recession - in tough times they have to lure tourists to their

'Death of Yesterday'
'Death of Yesterday'

Bog | Engelsk

A dead witness. A forgotten crime. Hamish Macbeth never had it so hard as in this newest Highlands mystery! Morag Merrilea is working at the Shopmark Fashions factory during her summer holidays to earn some extra cash. But when the art student complains t

'Snobbery with Violence'
'Snobbery with Violence'

Bog | Engelsk

After a brief and ill-advised dalliance with the Suffragette movement, Lady Rose Summers' debut season in London society turns out to be a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects that her fiancé, Sir Geoffrey Blandon, is a first class scoundrel

'Hasty Death'
'Hasty Death'

Bog | Engelsk

The future's not so rosy for Lady Rose Summer . . . Longing for a life of emancipation, Lady Rose Summer has abandoned the comforts of her parent's house to become self supporting. But life as a working woman isn't quite as liberating as Rose

'Sick of Shadows'
'Sick of Shadows'

Bog | Engelsk

It would seem that even a pretend engagement cannot keep Lady Rose Summer from trouble. Bored with endless parties, teas and balls, she befriends Dolly Tremaine, a beautiful young girl newly arrived from the country and overwhelmed by the demands of the S

'Our Lady of Pain'
'Our Lady of Pain'

Bog | Engelsk

Lady Rose Summer prides herself on not being a jealous woman - and she knows her engagement to Captain Harry Cathcart is only a ruse to keep her parents from shipping her off to India to find a husband. But then Harry's latest client, Dolores Duval -

'Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell'
'Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell'

Bog | Engelsk

Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha . . . No happily ever after for her! Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be - soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and

'Agatha Raisin in Down the Hatch'
'Agatha Raisin in Down the Hatch'

Bog | Engelsk

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL 'The detective novels of M C Beaton

'Agatha Raisin: Dead on Target'
'Agatha Raisin: Dead on Target'

Bog | Engelsk

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 his trousers round his ankles. At first her old ad

'Agatha Raisin: Dishing the Dirt'
'Agatha Raisin: Dishing the Dirt'

Bog | Engelsk

A therapist had moved into the village of Carsely and Agatha Raisin hates her. Not only was this therapist, Jill Davent, romancing Agatha's ex-husband, but she had dug up details of Agatha's slum background. Added to that, Jill was counselling a w

'Agatha Raisin: Pushing up Daisies'
'Agatha Raisin: Pushing up Daisies'

Bog | Engelsk

Allotment wars! Lord Bellington, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his passing

'Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree'
'Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree'

Bog | Engelsk

'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Toil and trouble in store for Agatha! Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife,

Death of a Nurse
Death of a Nurse

Bog | Engelsk

James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely. Gloria apologises for her em

Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha lets sleeping vets lie... Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is kil

Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha goes digging where she shouldn't...Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to

Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley

Bog | Engelsk

An unexpected hike to the Other Side . . . After time away, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village of Carsely - and to her handsome neighbour, James Lacey. True, James seems less than thrilled to see her, but Agatha is soon distracted by a

Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon
Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon

Bog | Engelsk

She's practically perfect in every way! After being nearly killed by both a hired hit man and her former secretary, Agatha Raisin could use some low-key cases. So when Robert Smedley walks through the door of her detective agency, determined to prove

Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye

Bog | Engelsk

Yuletide overindulgence on the poison front ...During the dark, grey days of early December Agatha is obsessed by two things - the looming festivities, and her ex, James Lacey. In order to drive the latter from her thoughts, Agatha concentrates on plannin

'Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison'
'Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison'

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she decides to take time off for rest and relaxation. But as soon as she does, she remembers that when she does have time on her hands, she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn

'Agatha Raisin: There Goes The Bride'
'Agatha Raisin: There Goes The Bride'

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha's former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha decides she has fallen for Sylvan, a Frenchman she met at James' engagement par

'Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body'
'Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body'

Bog | Engelsk

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Agatha Raisin has never been one for enforced holiday cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has always prided itself on its traditional Christmas festivities. But this ye

'Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns'
'Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns'

Bog | Engelsk

Winter Parva, a traditional Cotswolds village next door to Carsely, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend and rival in the sleuthing business, Toni, t

'Agatha Raisin: Hiss and Hers'
'Agatha Raisin: Hiss and Hers'

Bog | Engelsk

Agatha has fallen in love - again. This time it's the local gardener, George Marston, she has her eye on. But competition for his attention abounds. With her shameless determination Agatha will do anything to get her man - including footing the bill f

'Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer'
'Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer'

Bog | Engelsk

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL The latest Agatha Raisin mystery from be

'Agatha Raisin: Beating About the Bush'
'Agatha Raisin: Beating About the Bush'

Bog | Engelsk

' Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL 'The detective novels of M C Beaton

'Agatha Raisin: Hot to Trot'
'Agatha Raisin: Hot to Trot'

Bog | Engelsk

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL 'The detective novels of M C Beaton

'Agatha Raisin and the Blood of an Englishman'
'Agatha Raisin and the Blood of an Englishman'

Bog | Engelsk

Even though Agatha Raisin loathes Christmas panto, her friend Mrs Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local am dram society in their festive offering. Stifling a yawn at the production of Babes in the Wood , Agatha watches the b

'Agatha Raisin und der tote Göttergatte 16'
'Agatha Raisin und der tote Göttergatte 16'

Bog | Tysk

Agatha Raisin kommt es nach einer aufregenden Zeit ganz gelegen, dass Robert Smedley sie lediglich damit beauftragt, zu beweisen, dass seine Frau Mabel ihn betrügt. Agatha übernimmt den Fall mit größtem Vergnügen. Leider scheint Mabel die perfekte Ehefrau

'Agatha Raisin und die Tote am Strand'
'Agatha Raisin und die Tote am Strand'

Bog | Tysk

Agatha hat die Faxen dicke. Erst schleppt ihr Ex-Mann James Lacey sie zum Verwöhnwochenende in ein Hotel, das seine besten Tage längst hinter sich hat, und dann wird sie auch noch des Mordes verdächtigt! Und das nur, weil die Tote am Strand mit Agathas Sc

'Agatha Raisin und das tödliche Kirchenfest'
'Agatha Raisin und das tödliche Kirchenfest'

Bog | Tysk

Agatha Raisin kommt es mehr als gelegen, dass der attraktive Witwer George Selby sie bittet, ihn bei der Organisation eines Kirchenfestes zu unterstützen. Die Freude ist groß, als dieses ein großer Erfolg zu werden scheint und die Gäste von überallher her

'Agatha Raisin und der tote Polizist'
'Agatha Raisin und der tote Polizist'

Bog | Tysk

Wenn das Schwein Glück hat, muss der Bulle dran glauben ... Winter Parva, ein Dorf in der Nähe von Carsely, begeht den Beginn der Winterferien traditionell mit einem kleinen Fest. Auch Agatha Raisin nimmt an dem fröhlichen Treiben teil. Kulinarisches High

'Busy Body'
'Busy Body'

Bog | Engelsk

Busy Body continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin 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 p

'Minerva'
'Minerva'

Bog | Engelsk

Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series Raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva,

'Daphne'
'Daphne'

Bog | Engelsk

Daphne Armitage is the acknowleged beauty of that family of renowned belles, but beauty is more than skin deep. Black-haired, exquisite Daphne is certain she can avoid the turmoil of true love by demanding nothing more of a husband than to be an elegant c

'Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight'
'Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight'

Bog | Engelsk

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY Agatha and her assistant, Toni, are driving to their friend Bill Wong's wedding, thinking of nothing

'Death of a Groom'
'Death of a Groom'

Bog | Engelsk

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth returns to protect his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy s