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Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
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Plot Summary of Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
"Agatha Raisin, a retired public relations executive, decides to take a free lance public relations job working for a local bottled water company. However, not everyone in the small English village is pleased with the idea of mineral water being taken from the village's historic spring. In fact, the local city council was heatedly divided over the issue when the council chairman with the deciding vote is found dead at the spring. Agatha decides to investigate in order to clear the water company's name."
Stephanie, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Kind of investigator - british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - life in small town
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - retiree
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - British
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
How many deaths? - 2
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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