検索キーワード： 著者 "M.C. Beaton" すべてのカテゴリー

Wenn der Müllmann ins Gras beißt... Als Fergus Macleod, der schnell beleidigte und oft betrunkene Müllmann von Lochdubh, zum Leiter des örtlichen Recyclingzentrums und zum Umweltbeauftragten ernannt wird, wittert der schottische Dorfpolizist Hamish Macbeth bereits Ärger. Fergus wird durch seine neuen Befugnisse tatsächlich zu einem Tyrannen, und als seine Leiche in einer Mülltonne gefunden wird, tut es niemandem leid - noch nicht einmal seiner Familie... An Verdächtigen mangelt es also nicht.

There are many ruined castles in Scotland. One such lies outside the village of Drim. Hamish begins to hear reports that this castle is haunted and lights have been seen there at night, but he assumes it's some children or maybe the local lads going there to smoke pot, or, worse, inject...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday He was a vicar to die for - and he did! Agatha is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she decides to take time off for rest and relaxation. But as soon as she does, she remembers that when she does have time on her hands, she doesn't know what to do with...

A therapist had moved into the village of Carsely and Agatha Raisin hates her. Not only was this therapist, Jill Davent, romancing Agatha's ex-husband, but she had dug up details of Agatha's slum background. Added to that, Jill was counselling a woman called Gwen Simple from Winter Parva and...

'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Toil and trouble in store for Agatha! Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their...

Agatha ist kreuzunglücklich, nachdem James sie verlassen hat. Erst die Ankunft des neuen Kaplans kann sie aus der miesen Stimmung herausreißen. Mit seinem blonden Haar, den blauen Augen und dem perfekten Mund hat der Kirchenmann es allerdings diversen weiblichen Gemeindemitgliedern angetan. Bei allem Charme jedoch ist irgendetwas an dem Kaplan merkwürdig ... Und dann liegt er plötzlich tot im Arbeitszimmer des Vikars, und Agatha macht sich mit ihrem Nachbarn John auf die Suche nach dem Mörder.

Ein eigenes Cottage in den malerischen Cotswolds - davon hat Agatha Raisin schon immer geträumt. Jetzt ist dieser Wunsch endlich wahr geworden. Womit die Ex-PR-Beraterin aus London allerdings nie gerechnet hätte, ist die Abneigung ihrer neuen Nachbarn: Die Dörfler wollen offenbar lieber unter sich bleiben! Doch Agatha ist es gewohnt, ihren Kopf durchzusetzen. Um Eindruck zu schinden, reicht sie beim örtlichen Backwettbewerb eine Feinkost-Quiche ein, die sie als ihre eigene ausgibt. Dumm ist allerdings, dass einer der Preisrichter stirbt und in Agathas Quiche Gift gefunden wird.

Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha . . . No happily ever after for her! Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be - soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. Then...

A vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living? Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha snooping around, but it turns out the victim of the haunting is a universally disliked old biddy on whom someone is playing a practical joke. And then the old lady is murdered - but for Agatha, solving a...

Agatha lets sleeping vets lie... Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is killed in an accident with Lord Pendlebury's...

An unexpected hike to the Other Side . . . After time away, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village of Carsely - and to her handsome neighbour, James Lacey. True, James seems less than thrilled to see her, but Agatha is soon distracted by a sensational murder. The victim, found in...

Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha! Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! - his idea of an idyllic break is the small, run-down resort of Burryhill-on-Sea. And from there on things go from bad to worse, so when a...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday It can be hell in high water! Drowned brides are like buses: nothing for ages, then two come along at the same time . . . ! Abandoned by husband James, Agatha hops on a plane to the South Pacific, hoping to mend her broken heart...

Piddlebury è un sonnolento villaggio dei Cotswolds, miracolosamente scampato alle orde di turisti della domenica. Ma è anche ospitale: infatti ha accolto con calore Gloria French, che si è subito impegnata in attività di beneficenza e nell’assistenza agli anziani. Gloria però ha un difetto: chiede in prestito le cose più disparate, che poi immancabilmente non restituisce. Forse anche per questo, quando viene trovata morta, uccisa con del vino di sambuco al veleno, nessuno ne piange la dipartita.

Als die Lokalzeitung über ein Geisterhaus im Nachbardorf berichtet, ist Agathas Neugier geweckt. Während sie dort herumschnüffelt, stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass keineswegs ein Geist sein Unwesen treibt. Stattdessen spielt jemand der alten und allseits unbeliebten Hausbesitzerin Mrs. Witherspoon Streiche. Und dann ist die alte Dame plötzlich tot. Das ist für Agatha natürlich ein noch größerer Ansporn: Schließlich macht es viel mehr Spaß, ein Verbrechen aufzuklären, als einen Geist zu jagen!

Si dice che i primi mesi di matrimonio siano i più difficili… e James e Agatha lo possono confermare. Invece di godersi la felicità coniugale, i neosposi vivono in cottage separati e si lanciano accuse reciproche di infedeltà. Quando poi, dopo una lite particolarmente violenta nel locale pub, James scompare, tutti sospettano che Agatha si sia sbarazzata di lui. E a ciò si aggiunge il fatto che Melissa, la presunta amante di James, viene ritrovata morta di lì a poco.

Non è che una piccola agenzia investigativa possa sempre ambire a occuparsi di casi importanti o sensazionali. Per sopravvivere, talvolta bisogna accontentarsi e quindi Agatha deve accettare l’incarico che le affida il ricco e arrogante Robert Smedley, convinto che sua moglie Mabel lo tradisca, benché Agatha detesti occuparsi di divorzi e sebbene Mabel sembri davvero una moglie perfetta, un autentico modello di virtù.

Di ritorno da lungo soggiorno a Londra, Agatha Raisin viene accolta da piogge torrenziali e da un torrente di... noia. Per fortuna il suo nuovo vicino, Paul Chatterton, non solo è (quasi) irresistibilmente affascinante, ma le propone anche un caso quantomeno insolito: sinistri sussurri, un rumore di passi e una gelida nebbia bianca sembrano infatti aver invaso il cottage della signora Witherspoon, benché la perquisizione della polizia non abbia rilevato nulla di insolito.

Non ci ha messo molto, Agatha Raisin, a scoprire che gestire un’agenzia investigativa nei Cotswolds non è esattamente come ritrovarsi in un film noir. Invece di fascinose donne in difficoltà e uomini con impermeabili e fedora, si ritrova a dover trattare con vecchiette cui è sparito il gatto o con ragazzini che scappano con l’auto del padre… Per fortuna (?) però poi è arrivata Catherine Laggat-Brown, ricca, generosa e assai preoccupata perché sua figlia ha ricevuto una serie di minacce di morte.