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La mattina del matrimonio di Agatha Raisin con il suo affascinante vicino di casa, James Lacey, non potrebbe essere più limpida e splendente. Ma le nuvole si stanno ammassando e le prime gocce di pioggia – un imbarazzante sfogo provocato da una crema antirughe – si trasformano ben presto in...

La vita nei pittoreschi Cotswolds è noiosa e i tentativi di Agatha Raisin di ammaliare James Lacey, il suo affascinante vicino, falliscono uno dopo l’altro. Ma adesso in paese è arrivato un nuovo veterinario, nella cui sala d’aspetto c’è sempre una lunga fila di donne… Un po’ per...

Kiedy Priscilla Halburton-Smythe przywozi do rodzinnego domu w Lochdubh swojego narzeczonego, wszyscy w miasteczku są zachwyceni...x wyjątkiem zakochanego w niej po uszy Hamisha. Uczucia muszą jednak zejść na razie na dalszy plan, ponieważ podczas polowania na głuszce zamordowano gburowatego kapitana Bartletta, zaproszonego na zaręczynowe przyjęcie Priscilli. Szybko okazuje się, że wszyscy jego uczestnicy mieli powód, aby życzyć kapitanowi śmierci. Hamish będzie musiał nie tylko łagodzić zaistniałe podczas śledztwa spory, ale przede wszystkim złapać mordercę.

Als Priscilla Halburton-Smythe ihren Verlobten nach Lochdubh mitbringt, sind alle verzückt - bis auf Constable Hamish Macbeth, der selbst in Priscilla verliebt ist. Doch derlei Herzensangelegenheiten müssen warten, als Captain Bartlett, ein Gast auf Priscillas Verlobungsfeier, bei der Moorhuhnjagd erschossen wird. Hamish steht ein schwieriger Fall bevor, denn fast jeder der feinen Verlobungsgesellschaft scheint einen Grund gehabt zu haben, den garstigen Captain in die ewigen Jagdgründe zu schicken.

Zuerst sind es nur Abermillionen von Mücken, die über Lochdubh herfallen. Doch dann sucht ein noch größerer Plagegeist das schottische Dorf heim: Trixie Thomas. Die laute, aufdringlichen Frau hat hier eine Pension gekauft und wird bleiben, wie Hamish Macbeth mit Schrecken erfährt. Während die Dörflerinnen bald bewundernd zu Trixie aufsehen, gehen die Männer auf die Barrikaden. Denn Trixie will das Rauchen und den Alkohol aus Lochdubh verbannen und sorgt damit für viel Ungemach. Als Trixie schließlich vergiftet wird, spuckt auch Hamish Gift und Galle.

A woman of independent means with a healthy dose of cynicism about the male persuasion, Harriet Tremayne is content with her circle of spinster friends and their devotion to literature, women's rights, and intellectual interests. However, when she determines to undertake a London Season for her...

Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful public-relations firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely, and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest—surely a blue ribbon...

An untimely death wipes the smile from Hamish's face . . . In Scotland, where thrift and a 'nice set of dentures' are generally admired, Dr Frederick Gilchrist's cheap rates and penchant for pulling teeth have gained him quite a clientele. However, wiser Highlanders - like Hamish Macbeth - opt...

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 minority of one. Or is he? When Mrs Gentle dies...

Done, dusted . . . and dead! Armed with a bucket and mop, Mrs Gillespie brings misery into the quiet life of Hamish Macbeth when he wins her cleaning services in a church raffle; she is likely to do more snooping than hoovering. Yet Hamish has more upsetting issues to ponder - his former...

How could colourless Frederica withstand a Season's scrutiny after the five beauties before her had married so magnificently? Disguised as a chambermaid, Freddie found her way into the household of the fashionable Duke of Pembury. That wild gentleman was soon on to her tricks and found himself escorting the lady to London. Once on the marriage mart, the five sisters preened and primped the youngest until Freddie could not recognize herself!

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 zu sein: jung, hübsch und eine regelmäßige Kirchgängerin. Von Betrug weit und breit keine Spur. Aber just, als Agatha den Fall ad acta legen will, wird Robert Smedley mit Unkrautvernichter umgebracht – und seine Witwe damit zur Hauptverdächtigen ...

Si può finire ammazzati in molti modi, però ritrovarsi cadavere in mezzo a un bosco, con una freccia nel petto e i pantaloni abbassati, è un modo di certo assai originale… L’ispettore Wilkes non ha dubbi che si sia trattato di un terribile incidente: la vittima è stata colpita da una...

Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—the star of her own hit TV series—is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin's Cotswolds village is in an uproar when word spreads that their beloved Red Lion pub is set to close. The brewery that owns the building...

Priscilla Halburton-Smythe ha accettato di sposarlo e, per un attimo, Hamish Macbeth si è sentito in paradiso: a Lochdubh, pure i criminali sembravano essersi placati e lui già pregustava lunghe, oziose giornate trascorse a pescare e tante belle serate in compagnia della fidanzata. Ma poi...

The new cosy crime mystery in the Hamish Macbeth series! The Highland village of Lochdubh has a new mystery on its hands, and gossip is flying high . . . Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is enjoying an unseasonably fine spring with Claire by his side. Yet while Claire seems happy to think about the...

Der mächtige Lord Bellington hat die Bewohner der idyllischen Kleinstadt Carsley gegen sich aufgebracht. Als Eigentümer will er ihre Kleingärten verkaufen, um Platz für ein lukratives Immobilienprojekt zu schaffen. Wenig später wird er tot aufgefunden: Agatha Raisin bezweifelt einen natürlichen Tod und stellt Nachforschungen an. Die Befragung von Kleingärtnerinnen und Gärtnern stellt sie vor unerwartete Herausforderungen: Denn das kleine Paradies offenbart sich schon bald als Welt voller Fehden, Eifersüchteleien und Streitigkeiten.

Everyone’s favorite Scottish Highland constable returns in the next installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling Hamish MacBeth series. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is enjoying an unseasonably fine spring with Claire by his side. Yet while Claire seems happy to think about the future, Hamish is...

Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle's own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one as Sylvester. Alas for Annabelle, Comfrey seemed to care for her not a jot. Determined to get a bit of her own back, even if it meant marrying another, Annabelle found Peter, Marquess of Brabington, a most attentive admirer - who ends up having to fight for her love.

Poor Minerva. Prudish, self-righteous, and incredibly beautiful, she is to be sent to London to capture a wealthy husband. But Minerva doesn't know the first thing about flirting. The London dandies find her moralizing appalling and concoct a plan to assault her virtue - an assault that will scandalize all London society. Meanwhile, Lord Sylvester Comfrey, whom she met earlier through her father, has been keeping a careful eye on the girl. A fact she resents. She dislikes Lord Sylvester. There is something about him that disturbs her.