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During a local amateur theatre production, a baker is found dead, and curmudgeone Agatha Raisin mobilizes her private detective team to investigate. They peel back layers of personal grudges, heated rivalries, and unpredictable personalities. As the clues unfold, the case escalates into a perilous situation that threatens the very lives of Raisin and her team, pushing them into a tense race against time to solve the crime before another tragedy occurs.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Marion Chesney
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