title: Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 7)
author:  M. C. Beaton 
description: Agatha Raisin, the crusty, yet perversely self-conscious Londoner who has resettled in the ostensible calm of a Cotswold village stars in her seventh adventure by M.C. Beaton. In this episode, Agatha has agreed to come out of retirement to manage the publicity for the launch of water bottled from a village spring--much to the chagrin of some of her neighbors. Worried that the commodification of at least part of the village's charm might wreak havoc on their peaceful existence, some of the community try to stop it once and for all. Still, killing off a member of the village council and leaving the corpse in the spring itself seems a little extreme, especially as it makes Agatha's paying job a bit more difficult. Believing that a dead body might destroy the chances for a successful campaign to market her product, Agatha begins an investigation into who might have wanted the victim dead.
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  **M. C. Beaton** is the author of the hugely successful Agatha Raisin and
  Hamish Macbeth series, as well as a quartet of Edwardian murder mysteries
  featuring heroine Lady Rose Summer, the Travelling Matchmaker, Six Sisters,
  House for the Season and School for Manners Regency romance series, and a
  standalone murder mystery, _The Skeleton in the Closet_ – all published by
  Constable & Robinson. She left a full-time career in journalism to turn to
  writing, and now divides her time between the Cotswolds and Paris. Visit
  [www.agatharaisin.com](http://www.agatharaisin.com) for more, or follow M. C.
  Beaton on Twitter: [@mc_beaton](http://@mc_beaton).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Titles by M. C. Beaton**
  
  
  The Poor Relation  
   _Lady Fortescue Steps Out_ • _Miss Tonks Turns to Crime_ • _Mrs Budley Falls
  from Grace Sir Philip’s Folly_ • _Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue_ • _Back in
  Society_
  
  
  A House for the Season  
   _The Miser of Mayfair_ • _Plain Jane_ • _The Wicked Godmother Rake’s
  Progre