Dishing The Dirt - Review - Solve The Murder

Agatha Raisin: Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton is available from:

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Plot

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 Agatha firmly believed Gwen to have assisted her son in some grisly murders, although has no proof she had done so.

A resentment is different from a dislike and needs to be shared, so as the friendship between James and Jill grows stronger, the more Agatha does to try to find out all she can about her. When Jill is found strangled to death in her office two days’ later, Agatha finds herself under suspicion – and must fight to clear her name.

Review

As with other Agatha Raisin books, the writing is easy to read, and the stories have a lovely array of regular characters.

This book begins with the rivalry and subsequent death of Jill Davent, a therapist who starts digging the dirt on the people of the village. With lots of secrets being shared with the therapist, it could be any number of people, not just Agatha, who had motive to kill.

Soon, Jill Davent is not the only one pushing up daisies. As more people die, involving an unusual plant, it is up to Agatha to work out who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden…..

A jolly good romp from M.C. Beaton. Recommended

Agatha Raisin: Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton is available from:

The whole series is available from https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/m-c-beaton-the-agatha-raisin-series

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