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SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMEONE DEAD
BEATON, M.C.
Gloria French was a jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, a raucous laugh and rosy cheeks. When she first
moved from London to the charming Cotswolds hills, she was heartily welcomed. She seemed a dogooder
par excellence, raising funds for the church and caring for the elderly. But she had a nasty habit
of borrowing things and not giving them back, just small things, a teapot here, a set of silverware
there. So it's quite the shock when she is found dead, murdered by a poisoned bottle of elderberry
wine. Afraid the murder will be a blight on the small town, Parish councillor, Jerry Tarrant, hires private
detective Agatha Raisin to track down the murderer. But the village is secretive and the residents resent
Agatha's investigation. Of course that doesn't stop the ever-persistent Agatha from investigating and
sticking her nose where no one wants it—especially as the suspect list grows. And, as if it isn't enough
that Agatha's ex has reentered the picture, the murderer is now targeting Agatha!
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 75,000
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
224 PAGES
9780312640132 SERIES: AGATHA RAISIN
$28.99 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
THE SON OF A CERTAIN WOMAN
JOHNSTON, WAYNE
Here comes little Percy Joyce, born in St. John's in the '50s, an outsider afflicted from birth with a
congenital disfigurement but a regular boy on the cusp of teenagehood, fillled with yearning, wild with
hormones, longing for what he can't have, for wanting to be let in...and let out; and his disturbingly alluring
mother, Penelope, whose sex appeal fairly leaps off the page. Every man in St. John's lusts after her,
inlcuding her sister-in-law Medina, her paying border, Pops MacDougall, with whom she carries on an
affair of convenience--and Percy. They live in the Mount, home of the city's Catholic schools and most of
its clerics, including the Archbishop of Newfoundland and the villainous Brother McHugh who will go to
any lengths to bring Penelope and her unbaptized boy into the bosom of the Church. But there are darker
secrets: Penelope and Medina's love is an illegal relationship in that time: if caught, they will be sent to
the mental hospital, and Percy will be left alone. Will they be found out? Will Percy sleep with Penelope?
Will Percy be lured into the Church? This rich, generous novel reminds us that we all long to be let in, to
be loved, and that we can't always have, but sometimes do get, what we want.
FICTION
KNOPF CANADA
9780345807892
$30.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
1ST PRINTING 15,000 IN CANADA
400 PAGES