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 & Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend & rival in the sleuthing business Toni to enjoy the merriment. But as the spit pig is carried towards the bed of fiery charcoal Agatha
- & the rest of the village
- realise that things aren't as they seem... Very quickly it transpires that the spit pig is in fact Gary Beech a policeman not much loved in Winter Parva. & although Agatha has every intention of leaving the affair to the police she rapidly changes her mind when she finds out Gary's ex-wife has hired Toni to investigate. Cantankerous & competitive as Agatha is she has to now join the fray & try & solve the case herself. Praise for M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin" series: "I know I once vowed to read only Agatha Christie for a year but I cheated. My Number 1 mistress M.C. Beaton & her Agatha Raisin whodunits. Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem a pack a day habit & major man lust. In fact I think she may be living my dream life". (" Entertainment Weekly"). " Once again M.C. Beaton has concocted an amusing brew of mystery & romance that will keep her fans turning the pages". (" Publisher's Weekly"). " Pure entertainment". (" The Guardian")."