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M. C. Beaton
is the author of the hugely successful Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as a quartet of Edwardian murder mysteries
featuring
heroine Lady Rose Summer, the Travelling Matchmaker Regency romance series and a
standalone
murder mystery,
The Skeleton in the Closet
– all published by Constable & Robinson. She left a full-time career in journalism to turn to writing, and now divides her time between the Cotswolds and Paris. Visit www.agatharaisin.com for more.

The Six Sisters
Minerva

The Taming of Annabelle

Deirdre and Desire
Daphne

Diana the Huntress

Frederica in Fashion

 

The Edwardian Murder Mystery series
Snobbery with Violence

Hasty Death

Sick of Shadows
Our Lady of Pain

 

The Travelling Matchmaker series
Emily Goes to Exeter

Belinda Goes to Bath

Penelope Goes to Portsmouth
Beatrice Goes to Brighton

Deborah Goes to Dover

Yvonne Goes to York

 

The Agatha Raisin series

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener

Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage

Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam

Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance

Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon
Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor
Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison

Agatha Raisin: There Goes the Bride
Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body

Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns

 

The Hamish Macbeth series
Death of a Gossip

Death of a Cad

Death of an Outsider
Death of a Perfect Wife

Death of a Hussy

Death of a Snob
Death of a Prankster

Death of a Glutton

Death of a Travelling Man
Death of a Charming Man

Death of a Nag

Death of a Macho Man
Death of a Dentist

Death of a Scriptwriter

Death of an Addict
A Highland Christmas

Death of a Dustman

Death of a Celebrity
Death of a Village

Death of a Poison Pen

Death of a Bore
Death of a Dreamer

Death of a Maid

Death of a Gentle Lady
Death of a Witch

Death of a Valentine

Death of a Sweep
Death of a Kingfisher

 

The Skeleton in the Closet

Constable & Robinson Ltd
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First published in the UK by Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1985

This paperback edition published by Robinson,
an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2012

Copyright © M. C. Beaton, 1985

The right of M. C. Beaton to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.

A copy of the British Library Cataloguing in
Publication Data is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978–1–84901–490–8 (paperback)
ISBN: 978–1–84901–948–4 (ebook)

Typeset by TW Typesetting, Plymouth, Devon

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