- "Better health and safety than sorrow..."
- ―The Busy Body's tagline
Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body is the twenty first book in the Agatha Raisin Mysteries series by M. C. Beaton.
Synopsis[]
Cranky yet lovable Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, though her cozy village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. Until now. This year, local Health and Safety Board officer John Sunday is threatening to undo some of Carsley’s most time-honored traditions. The tree on top of the church? A public menace. The decorations hanging on the lampposts? Hazardous. Even May Dimwoody’s homemade toys are deemed unsafe for the children. Bah humbug! The Carsely Ladies Society is in an uproar and will do anything to put a stop to this Scrooge—only to find that someone else has done it for them…with a kitchen knife. Soon Agatha’s detective agency is on the case. But when a man has made as many enemies as Mr. John Sunday, it’s hard to know where to start—or how to stop the killer from striking again.
Characters[]
- Agatha Raisin
- John Sunday
- May Dimwoody
Adaptations[]
Television[]
- Main article: Agatha Raisin & the Busy Body
The events of this story will be adapted as part of the fifth season of the Agatha Raisin television series.
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