Sick of Shadows - M. C. Beaton [0]
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DELIGHTFUL ACCOLADES FOR
MARION CHESNEY AND HER NOVELS
HASTY DEATH
“Once again Chesney has concocted an amusing brew of mystery and romance that will keep her fans turning the pages.”
—Publishers Weekly
“If you missed the first novel in this series, get it right away. Snobbery with Violence introduced the Edwardian heroine Lady Rose Summer. Her second appearance is, if anything, even wittier and more amusing than the debut.”
—The Globe and Mail
“If you are a fan of well-written traditional mysteries, Lord Peter, and Albert Campion, you might want to try this series.”
—Reviewing the Evidence
SNOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
“Fans of the author’s Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series should welcome this tale of aristocrats, house parties, servants, and murder.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Old hand Chesney…maintains her charm and sassiness while indicting evergreen pomposity and class-status stupidity.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Fans of the author’s Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mysteries, written under the name M. C. Beaton, will welcome this new series of historical whodunits.”
—Booklist
“Combines history, romance, and intrigue resulting in a delightful romantic mystery.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Light, amusing, easy to read, and thoroughly delightful.”
—The Tampa Tribune
…AND FOR M. C. BEATON’S AGATHA RAISIN SERIES
“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 inbred 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
ALSO BY MARION CHESNEY
Sick of Shadows
Hasty Death
Snobbery with Violence
BY M. C. BEATON
The Skeleton in the Closet
The Agatha Raisin Series
The Perfect Paragon
The Deadly Dance
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
The Vicious Vet
The Quiche of Death
SICK
OF
SHADOWS
MARION CHESNEY
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NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”
For my sister, Matilda Chesney-Grenier,
with love and many thanks
for all the Edwardian research books
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or