When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge it looks
like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks however can be
deceiving as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial
espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems. The factory mystery soon turns to
murder and a bad-tempered donkey turns Agatha into a national celebrity before bringing her
ridicule and shame. To add to her woes Agatha finds herself grappling with growing feelings
for her friend and occasional lover Sir Charles Fraith. Then as a possible solution to the
factory murder unfolds her own life is thrown into deadly peril. Will Agatha get her man at
last? Or will the killer get her first? Praise for M. C. Beaton 'Every new Agatha Raisin
escapade is a total joy' Ashley Jensen'The detective novels of M C Beaton have reached cult
status' The Times
