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Agatha Raisin
 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (1992) In
order to introduce herself to the picturesque English
village where she has just retired, Mrs. Agatha Raisin
enters a quiche in a local competition and promptly finds
herself a murder suspect when the judge dies
 from her
poisonous pie.
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[Book-on-Tape Unabridged]
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (1993) [Large Type] Agatha believes the new village vet has taken a shine to her, but
before romance can bloom, he accidently kills himself. Oh
well, there is still her distinguished military neighbour,
and prehaps
 a common interest like a murder investigation
will bring them closer together. [CD-SPOKEN]
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (1994) As
a garden show approaches in the English Cotswolds, plants
are mysteriously uprooted, poisoned and burned. The suspect
is a beautiful divorcee, until she is found dead, head
planted in a pot. Agatha Raisin
 goes to work. [CD-SPOKEN]
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (1995)
In England, an argument rages over the right of people to
cross farmers' fields. When the presiding lady of a walking
club is found murdered in a wheat field, suspicion turns on
the owner. Sleuth Agatha Raisin goes l ooking for the real
killer. [Large type] - [CD-SPOKEN]
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (1996) The morning
of Agatha Raisin's long-awaited marriage to her attractive
and elusive neighbor, James Lacey, dawns bright and clear.
But the storm clouds of the day before would have been more
appropriate. A new anti-wrinkle cream turns Agatha's face
into one large red rash, James refuses to discuss his
feelings for her, and then Agatha's first husband, Jimmy
Raisin, reappears just in tim e to keep her from committing
bigamy. [Available in Paperback, call 850-606-2665 to
reserve.]
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (1997) The tough and brassy Agatha Raisin is not a woman to sit at
home wringing her hands. Soon she is off to north Cyprus to
track down her ex-fiance. Instead of enjoying the honeymoon
they once planned, however, they
 witness the murder of an
obnoxious tourist in a disco, and James is as sullen as
usual.
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (1998)
Agatha Raisin's neighboring village of Ancombe is usually
the picture of quiet English Cotswolds charm. Yet the
arrival of a new mineral-water company, which intends to tap
into the village spring, sends tempers flaring and divides
the parish council into two stubborn camps. When Agatha,
who
happens to be the new PR person for the company, finds the
council chairman murdered at the basin of the spring,
tongues start wagging.
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (1999)
After a home dye job ruins her hair, Agatha Raisin, the
prickly yet lovable amateur sleuth, turns to the wonderful
new hairdresser in the neighboring town for help. And as
Agatha soon learns, Mr. John is as skilled at repairing her
coiffure as he is at romancing her heart. But the charming
Mr. John i sn't all he appears to be.
[Book on Tape - Unabridged]
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (1999)
In order to recuperate from her last escapade and re-grow
some hair, Agatha Raisin goes on holiday to the seaside town
of Wyckhadden. However, the holiday is not what Agatha hoped
for. The weather is crummy, all five of her fellow hotel
guests are elderly, and time hangs heavy. A c hance
discussion with a fellow guest leads her to the door of Francie Juddle, a local woman who claims to have the power
of witchcraft.
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (2000)
Hoping that love and good fortune will f ollow her, Agatha
Raisin heads to picturesque Fryfam, where a hodgepodge of
blackmail and murder awaits.
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (2001)
Recently married to
James Lacey, the witty and fractious Agatha Raisin quickly
finds that marriage, and love, are not all they are cracked
up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the
newlyweds are living in separate cottages and accusing each
other of infidelity. After a particularly
 raucous fight in
the local pub, James suddenly vanishes - a bloodstain the
only clue to his fate - and Agatha is the prime suspect.[CD-SPOKEN]
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (2002)
Marital bliss was short-lived for Agatha Raisin. Her
marriage to James Lacey was a disaster from the beginning,
and in the end, he left her-not for another woman, but for
God. After having been miraculously cured of a brain tumor,
James has decided to join a monastery in France. Agatha can
usually depend on her old friend, Sir Charles Fraith, to be
there when times are tough, but even C harles has abandoned
her, dashing off to Paris to marry a young French tart.
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Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
(2003) Depressed after being humiliated and abandoned by the
two men in her life, Agatha Raisin finds a new prospect in
curate Tristan Delon, whose untimely death prompts Agatha to
investig ate strange mysteries surrounding the victim.
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Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (2003) Just
back from an extended stay in London, Agatha Raisin finds
herself greeted by torrential rains and an old, familiar
feeling of boredom. When her handsome new neighbor, Paul
Chatterton, shows up on her doorstep, she tries her best to
ignore his obvious charms, bu t his sparkling black eyes and
the promise of adventure soon lure her into another
investigation. [Large type] - [CD-SPOKEN] - [Book on Cassette - Unabridged]
Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (2004) Agatha
Raisin has finally opened her own detective agency. But when
it seems like all she's doing is looking for missing cats
while being outclassed by her sixty-seven year-old
secretary, she wonders if she has finally bitten off more
than she can chew? When the wealthy Mrs. Laggat-Brown walks
in, claiming that her daughter is receiving death threats,
Agatha realizes that this is the chance she's been waiting
for. But as she careens through the case, flirting with the
chi ef suspect and alienating her friends, Agatha herself
begins to wonder if she will be able to solve this case.
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Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon (2005)
After being nearly killed by both a hired hit man and her
former secretary, Agatha Raisin could use some low-key
cases. So when Robert Smedley walks through the door,
determined to prove that his wife is cheating, Raisin
Investigations immediately offers to help. Trouble is,
Agatha hates divorce cases--especially when the client is as
pompous as Smedley--but she has a business to run and she's
not about to turn away a paying customer. Unfortunately for
 Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to be the perfect wife, young
and pretty and a regular volunteer at church. [Large type] - [Book on Tape - Unabridged]
Love, Lies and Liquor: An Agatha Raisin
Mystery
(2006) Agatha Raisin is lonely. Busy as she
is with her detective agency and the meetings of the Carsely
Ladies' Society, she still misses her ex-husband, James
Lacey, so she welcomes his return to the cottage next door
with her usual triumph of optimism over experience --
 especially when he invites her on holiday at a
surprise location that was once very dear to him. With
visions of a romantic hideaway in Italy or the Pacific
dancing in her head, Agatha goes off happily with James
to...Snoth-on-Sea, in Sussex.[Large type] - [CD-SPOKEN]
Kissing Christmas Goodbye: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (2007) Agatha Raisin is bored. Her detective agency in the Cotswolds is thriving, but she'll scream if she has to deal
with another missing cat or dog. Only two things seem to
offer potential excitement: the upcoming Christmas
festivities and her ex, James Lacey. This year she is sure
that if she invites James to a really splendid,
old-fashioned Christmas dinner,
 their love will rekindle
like a warm Yule log. [Large Print] - [CD-SPOKEN]
Coming Soon!!
Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison (2008) Agatha has
little time for the usual rural affairs with which she used
to be so passionately involved in such as charity work,
baking competitions and the Carsely Ladies Society. But in
the quiet village of St Twadey on the outskirts of Mircester,
tragedy strikes at the annual jam making competition.
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