Dead on Target - M.C. Beaton; R.W. Green

 Dead on Target - M.C. Beaton; R.W. Green

Publication Date:  September 19, 2023

She read

This is the 34th in the series;  it is the first I have read. I think it worked well as a stand alone. The creator aof the Agatha Raisin series, M .C. Beaton has passed away but the baton of continuing the series has been taken up by R.W. Green who was a friend of and collaborator with Beaton. 

In this installment, Agatha, attending a town fair,  discovers the body of a local landowner who only moments earlier had told her he wanted to discuss something with her.  Was it an accident as the result of an archery exhibition that was part of the fair or was it murder?  Her nemesis, DCI Wilkes, wants to charge Agatha with the crime.  Of course, despite being warned away by Wilkes, Agatha investigates. There are a a number of suspects with nefarious motives.  There is also romance for Agatha, but with which one of her suitors?  

Agatha is quite the character….middle aged, competent, humorous, straightforward, and quite vain! The story was an entertaining, engrossing, fast read.  I enjoyed meeting the various colorful characters who inhabit the Cotswolds town of Carsley

There are many Agatha Raisin fans out there.  If you enjoy cozy mysteries with characters who are a force to be reckoned with and haven’t met her yet, I suggest you do. 

Thanks to @Netgalley and @Stmartinspress @minotaur_books for the ARC.