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Mystery Woman Sleuth
Agatha Raisin has never been one for enforced holiday
cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has
always prided itself on its traditional Christmas
festivities. But this year the bells will not be ringing
out Silent Night as Mr John Sunday, an officer with the
Cotswold Health and Safety Board, has chosen Christmas as
the time to crack down what he sees as gross misconduct by
every man, woman, and child in the vicinity.
The village shop is told it can no longer have wooden
shelves which have been there since the time of Queen
Victoria ‘in case someone is inflicted with a splinter.’
The village school is ordered to leave lights on at
night ‘to prevent unauthorized intruders from tripping in
the dark.’ And children are warned to not play
with “counterfeit banknotes” after passing around toy money
in the playground.
But finally Mr Sunday goes too far when he rules that there
cannot be a Christmas tree atop the church tower this year.
Soon after the decree and just before Christmas, Agatha is
sipping a cup of tea and trying to stay awake as minute by
minute of the Carsely Ladies Society meeting at the
vicarage drones on when a sudden scream wakes her from her
stupor. The ladies rush out of the building and into the
garden to find Sunday lying face down in the petunias, very
much dead. Agatha is instantly on the case, but with so
many people having threatened the life of the victim, it's
almost impossible to know where to start!
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