BUSY BODY: AN AGATHA RAISIN MYSTERY (M.C. Beaton)

Unpopular Health and Safety Inspector John Sunday is not mourned by many when he is stabbed to death outside of a Cotswolds ladies society meeting.  Suspects abound, and Agatha Raisin is hired by millionaire incomer and prime suspect Miriam Courtny to clear her name.  When Miriam is also murdered, complications abound.  Agatha, true to form, enjoys some short-lived romantic fantasies about Miriam's handsome son, but soon finds herself grappling with the police and the uncooperative citizens of Oddley Cruesis, where Sunday had put the kibosh on many beloved Chritmas traditions.  If you are a fan of Agatha's friend Charles Fraith, you will like this one.  I miss him when he doesn't show up to mooch off of Agatha!