MYSTERY

The Witches' Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

by M.C. Beaton

Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2017. 288p. ISBN 9781250057464. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466861206. M

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Agatha Raisin is as vulnerable and awkward as ever in her 28th outing (after Pushing Up Daisies). Following a dinner party, the vicar and his wife discover a body hanging from the witches' tree in a Cotswolds village. When the police don't immediately find the killer, Agatha nudges Sir Edward Chumble to hire her to solve the case. Fans of the books and the TV series will enjoy Beaton's characters and humor.—LH

Reviewed by Lesa Holstine , Oct 01, 2017

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