Dead on Target
- Published
- 1 January 2023
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9781250898647
- Type
- novel
About this book
Credited to M. C. Beaton and continued by R. W. Green, "Dead on Target" is the thirty-fourth book in the series, published in 2023 at 256 pages. It carries forward the same vain, sharp-tongued Agatha Raisin, still solving murders in and around Carsely with an eye for attention as much as justice.
Key facts about Dead on Target
M. C. Beaton wrote Dead on Target, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2023. The book has 256 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250898647 to find the main one.
Dead on Target is book 36 of 38 in the Agatha Raisin series. The series has 38 published books. However, the series starts with The Quiche of Death (1992).
Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.
About M. C. Beaton
M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.
Its place in Agatha Raisin
Dead on Target is book 36 in the Agatha Raisin series. It follows Devil's Delight. It is followed by Killing Time. See the full Agatha Raisin reading order.
Agatha Raisin is a brash, hard-drinking, sharp-tongued former London PR executive who retires early to the impossibly quaint Cotswolds village of Carsely expecting a peaceful life — and instead finds a body practically on arrival. M. C. Beaton built the series around a heroine who is deliberately unlikeable in the traditional cozy sense: vain, competitive, prone to disastrous crushes (most enduringly on her handsome neighbor James Lacey), and far more comfortable interrogating suspects than making friends. That…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250898647