AGATHA RAISIN AND THE FAIRIES OF FRYFAM

Beaton's feisty Agatha Raisin, British public relations expert, feminist, and amateur sleuth, moves to Norfolk on the advice of a fortune-teller to find her true love. A pin in the map leads her to Lavender Cottage in the village of Fryfam, where she finds flickering fairy lights, petty theft, and manor-house murder. Donada Peters transports the listener back to the days of gripping radio drama when actors surrounded the studio mike and eager audiences listened at the radio console. Peters's male voices are so carefully nuanced that Cotswoldman and East Anglian, gruff huntsman and suave baronet step easily off the page and delight the imagination. E.V. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 02]