CRITICS HAIL AGATHA RAISIN AND M. C. BEATON! "Tourists are advised to watch their backs in the bucolic villages where M. C. Beaton sets her sly British mysteries...Outsiders always spell trouble for the societies Beaton observes with such cynical humor."--"The New York Times Book Review""[Beaton's] imperfect heroine is an absolute gem!"--"Publishers Weekly""Beaton's Agatha Raisin series just about defines the British cozy."--"Booklist""Anyone interested in...intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin."--"Atlanta Journal Constitution""Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha."--"Chicago Sun-Times""Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand-new Agatha Raisin mystery.""--Tampa Tribune Times""The Raisin series brings the cozy tradition back to life. God bless the Queen!"--"Tulsa World""The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshingly sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likable heroine...a must for cozy fans."--"Booklist"HISS AND HERS"As always, M. C. Beaton presents us with an Agatha Raisin who manages to infuriate, amuse, and solicit our deepest sympathies as we watch her blunder her way boldly through another murder mystery."--Bookreporter "Agatha continues looking for love in the most unlikely places. In spite of her inability to learn from past mistakes, one can't help but root for her to solve the mystery and, at the same time, find a man who will love her truly and deeply just the way she is."--Criminal Element

M. C. Beaton has been hailed as the "Queen of Crime" "(The Globe and Mail)." Chosen as the British Guest of Honor for Bouchercon 2006, she is the author of twenty-two previous Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish Macbeth series, and four Edwardian mysteries. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.