Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage : Agatha Raisin mysteries, book 5

After her first husband, Jimmy Raisin, stops her wedding and she is left jilted at the altar, he is found strangled to death, and Agatha Raisin must prove her innocence along with that of her intended in this mystery filled with murder and mayhem. From Publishers Weekly The blunt Agatha Raisin, with her stocky figure and "bearlike eyes," makes for an unusual sleuth, and her fifth outing (after Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley, 1995) certainly makes for an unusual adventure. The former public relations powerhouse who left London and a career for a simpler life in a Cotswold country village is about to marry her handsome next-door neighbor. But the wedding ceremony is halted mid-vow by the arrival of Jimmy Raisin, the husband Agatha fervently hoped was dead and has neglected to mention to James Lacey, the fastidious, upstanding citizen currently waiting to tie the knot. Even less convenient than a living husband who interrupts your wedding is one who, shortly thereafter, turns up dead in a ditch in the immediate neighborhood. Naturally, Agatha and James top the suspect list. But the dead Jimmy was a down-and-out alcoholic who had been known to practice a bit of blackmail. Agatha and James track down some of his victims, who have a distressing tendency to die shortly after being questioned by the two. With bodies stacking up and James refusing to marry Agatha (even though she has already sold her cottage), the atmosphere becomes nicely tense. Beaton, who also pens the Hamish MacBeth series, gleefully creates one excruciating situation after another for her indomitable heroine to endure. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Agatha Raisin (as in Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley, LJ 3/1/95) had long presumed her first husband dead when she married her attractive neighbor, but then Jimmy Raison suddenly turns up. When someone murders him that same night, Agatha becomes the prime suspect. A great series. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. 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Beaton Number Of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage ES Suffix : _ Title After First Parm: Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage ES Name : Agatha Raisin EBook : Have Uncomma Author : M. C. Beaton ES Genre : Cmd Compare Author : eq ES Group : Serified_E Test Compare Series to Entered: eq ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:9780312961862 Single Author : M. C. Beaton Sorted Author by LN, FN: Beaton, M. C. Num of Aut : 1 Calc ESI Combined : 05 of 190 Title Pre Parend : Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage Title Pre Colon : Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage Author Parm A : M. C. Beaton 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 time to keep her from committing bigamy. The ensuing brouhaha - Agatha tries to strangle Jimmy, whom she had thought long dead - humiliates and embarrasses James Lacey, who abruptly breaks his engagement to Agatha. When Jimmy is found murdered the next morning, Agatha and James are the prime suspects. Since the easiest way to clear their names is to find the real murderer, Agatha convinces James to help her investigate. But will their subsequent close proximity - which has them, ironically, pretending to be man and wife - be enough to soothe James's bruised pride? Agatha Raisin is tying the knot with James Lacey before he can have second thoughts. After all her first husband, Jimmy, must be dead from alcohol poisoning. But Jimmy hears the news among London's down-and-outs--and reaches Carsley in time to stop Agatha from committing bigamy. Jilted by James and angry, Agatha pushes Jimmy into a ditch -- where he is later found strangled. Prime suspects Agatha and James, are thrown together again by their investigation into Jimmy's past and who would want him dead. In her fifth outing, Agatha Raisin - the sometimes pushy, sometimes endearing heroine of Beaton's Cotswold village mystery series - has her marriage to next-door neighbour James Lacey disrupted by the startling appearance of her undivorced, long-thought-dead first husband, Jimmy Raisin. Matters go quickly from bad to worse when Jimmy is found murdered - and Agatha and James are the prime suspects.

after Her First Husband, Jimmy Raisin, Stops Her Wedding And She Is Left Jilted At The Altar, He Is Found Strangled To Death, And Agatha Raisin Must Prove Her Innocence Along With That Of Her Intended In This Mystery Filled With Murder And Mayhem.

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beaton Has A Winner In The Irrepressible, Romance-hungry Agatha.

While Agatha Raisin is planning her marriage to her next-door neighbor, her undivorced, long-thought-dead husband reappears, only to end up murdered the next day, leaving the inimitable amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin the prime suspect