Killing time Author Surname:Beaton a former ballerina at the

a former ballerina at the Paris Opera Ballet

he is found to have been murdered

following a bad decision he made in a recent investigation in order to support a friend

But local leaders have reason to resist a shift to temperance over alcohol

who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect

Killing time Author Surname:Beaton a former ballerina at theAgatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha's is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House. When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being