Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

She's Disgruntled, Disheartened, Discontented... But Whoever Said Anything About Better Off Dead? Wretched after being dumped by her husband, bored with pottering about Carsely, and wishing every man would sod off, including her neighbor John Armitage, Agatha Raisin is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet...along with nearly every other female in the village. Wrapped in brightly colored dreams of the curate (never mind that he's a tad odd), Agatha is as ecstatic as a girl when he invites her to dine with him. But his cold body is found the next day, and Carsely is whisked from time-warp monotony to a hotbed of murder and intrigue-and a clear-headed Agatha Raisin is back on track, this time with John. As the corpses multiply, ever-obstinate Agatha trails clues from Lilac Lane to London, unmindful that someone wicked is arranging that Mrs. Raisin's cats never again hear their mistress' footfall on the path...Beaton, M. C. is the author of 'Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312990619 and ISBN 0312990618.