{"product_id":"as-the-pig-turns-an-agatha-raisin-mystery-paperback","title":"As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn irresistible new adventure for the bossy, vain, and endearing Agatha Raisin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e--now the star of a hit show on Acorn TV and public television--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times\u003ci\u003e bestselling M.C. Beaton, \"the reigning queen of the cozies\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Booklist).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinter Parva is a \"picturesque\" (touristy) Cotswold village with gift shops, a medieval market hall, and thatched cottages. After a disappointing Christmas season, the parish council has decided to hold a special event in January, complete with old-fashioned costumes, morris dancing, and a pig roast on the village green. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways one for a good roasting, Agatha Raisin organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. The rotary spit turning over a bed of blazing charcoals is sure to please on this foggy and blistery evening. But as the fog lifts slightly, the sharp-eyed Agatha notices something peculiar about the pig: a tattoo of a heart with an arrow through it and the name Amy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stop!\" she screams suddenly. \"Pigs don't have tattoos.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"pig,\" in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the locals, including Agatha herself. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when the Gary's ex-wife, Amy, hires Agatha's detective agency to investigate--and another murder ensues. With that provocation, how could any sleuth as vain and competitive (and secretly insecure) as Agatha do anything other than solve the case herself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis little piggy went to investigate...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a disappointing Christmas season, the touristy Cotswold town of Winter Parva is upping the stakes with an old-fashioned pig roast, complete with music, merriment, and medieval Morris-dancing. Always one for a good roasting, Agatha Raisin is looking forward to the event, especially after a heated dispute over a traffic ticket has her picturing a certain boorish cop turning on the spit. But when the big night arrives--and the smoke clears--Agatha notices that the slow-roasting \"pig\" has a tattoo with the name Amy on it. It's the body of the policeman who had Agatha all fired up. And now his ex-wife Amy wants her to find the butcher who did the deed--and solve a murder that's disturbingly well done... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Who but Agatha Raisin could spot such an unusual method of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edisposing of a body?\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I laughed out loud...hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eGumshoe Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Once you meet Agatha Raisin, you'll keep coming back.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370364698847,"sku":"9781250887207","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5c_0hT5Qvo9781250887207.webp?v=1789157499","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/as-the-pig-turns-an-agatha-raisin-mystery-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}