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Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon

Agatha Raisin, Book 16

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Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon

By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
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About this listen

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 that his wife is cheating on him, Raisin Investigations immediately offers to help.

Unfortunately for Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to be the perfect wife: young, pretty, and a regular volunteer at church. But just as Agatha is ready to give up, Smedley is poisoned with weed killer, leaving Mabel, the prime suspect, to inherit a fortune.

With no one left to pay her, Agatha has to drop the investigation . . . that is, until her old friend Sir Charles Fraith turns up again to rekindle her curiosity in the case.

©2005 M.C. Beaton (P)2005 Audible, Inc Modern Detectives Mystery Fiction Marriage

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Another entertaining book of Agatha Raisi, I cant wIt for the next one. More giggles to come?

Very entertaining

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I listen to AR before I go to sleep. Better than a Nytol! The stories are so formulaic but Penelope Keith's dreadful accents are actually growing on me

More gentle nothing much happens

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Seriously .. They are light hearted, funny and brilliantly narrated .. Soooo good, brilliant to listen too!!

A jolly good read!!

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Thoroughly enjoyable mystery expertly mingled with humour and wit. Wonderful array of interesting and engrossing characters perfectly delivered by Penelope Keith.

Enthralling Penelope Keith

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I laughed out loud many times whilst listening, love listening to Penelope Keith she makes story real in ones mind leaving hilarious pictures in your head.

Funny, relaxing

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