As the Pig Turns

An irresistible new adventure for the bossy vain and endearing Agatha Raisin--now the star of a hit show on Acorn TV and public television--from New York Times bestselling M.C. Beaton the reigning queen of the cozies (Booklist).Winter 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. Always 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.Stop! she screams suddenly. Pigs don''t have tattoos.The 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?