Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Agatha Raisin Series #12) by M. C. Beaton

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Synopsis

She's prickly, thin-skinned and totally intriguing. Critics love Agatha Raisin!

"[Agatha] is a glorious cross between Miss Marple, Auntie Mame, and Lucille Ball, with a tad of pit bull tossed in. She's wonderful."-St. Petersburg Times

"Anyone interested in a few hours' worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin."-Atlanta Journal Constitution

"Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand new Agatha Raisin mystery."
-Tampa Tribune Times

"Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha."-Chicago Sun-Times

"The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshingly sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likable heroine...a must for cozy fans."-Booklist

"Anyone interested in...intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin."-Atlanta Journal Constitution

"The Raisin series brings the cozy tradition back to life. God bless the Queen!"-Tulsa World

"[Beaton's] imperfect heroine is an absolute gem!"-Publishers Weekly

Agatha Raisin and The Love from Hell
"Among the many joys of all Agatha Raisin adventures are Beaton's sweetly formal prose and her vivid descriptions of colorful villagers. This one, however, adds a crackerjack plot and a delightfully comic ending to the mix, making it clearly the best of the lot."-Booklist (starred review)

Agatha Raisin and The Fairies of Fryfam
"Witty...[a] highly amusing cozy."-Publishers Weekly

"Agatha is as fractious and funny as ever. Don't miss this one."-TulsaWorld

"Outwardly bossy and vain, inwardly insecure and vulnerable, Agatha grows more endearing with each installment."-Cleveland Plain Dealer

"More great fun from an endearing heroine."-Library Journal

Agatha Raisin and The Wizard of Evesham
"Another delightful cozy featuring Cotswolds surroundings, a bit of history, and buoyant characters."-Library Journal

"[A] smartly updated Miss Marple...Beaton's books about this tough little Raisin cookie are well-made and smoothly oiled entertainment machines...trust Agatha to solve it all in style."
-Amazon.com

"The return of Agatha Raisin, amateur sleuth extraordinaire, is always a treat and M.C. Beaton does not miss a beat...another fabulous English cozy by the great M.C. Beaton."
-Harriet Klausner, Painted Rock Reviews

Agatha Raisin and The Wellspring of Death
"Tourists are advised to watch their back in the bucolic villages where M.C. Beaton sets her sly British mysteries...outsiders always spell trouble for the inbred societies Beaton observes with such cynical humor."-The New York Times Book Review

"Outspoken, chain-smoking, aggravating Agatha roars back for a[n]...outing that will keep fans cheering. Must be something in the water."-The Poisoned Pen

Agatha Raisin and The Terrible Tourist
"Another refreshing and delightful series addition."-Library Journal

Agatha Raisin and The Murderous Marraige
"Beaton gleefully creates one excruciating situation after another for her indomitable heroine to endure."-Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly

Tetchy Agatha Raisin's attempt at a little R&R in the wake of her beloved husband's defection to a French monastery gets her revved up for another mystery when she hears that a fellow vacationer was murdered. The real story in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came takes place upon Agatha's return to her Cotswold home, when she learns of a young woman's apparent suicide and decides to investigate with the aid of her new neighbor, the dashing, cultured and vaguely lascivious writer John Armitage, and her own surprising flair for deceit and disguise. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Biography

M.C. Beaton, the Scottish-born author of ten previous Agatha Raisin novels as well as The Skeleton in the Closet and the Hamish Macbeth mystery series, lives in a village in the English Cotswolds.