Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

Summary

Amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin is going through aman-hating phase after being left by her husband, is bored with totteringaround Carsley, and wishes men would just sod off, so she is unmoved by news ofa captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyedTristan Delon, she is swept off her feet—along with every other female in thevillage. She is positively ecstatic when he invites her to dine with him, butthe next day Agatha is left with a hangover from hell—and the curate is founddead. Carsley is whisked from time-warp monotony to a hotbed of murder andintrigue, and Agatha Raisin is back on track. As the corpses multiply,ever-obstinate Agatha trails clues from Lilac Lane to London, unmindful thatsomeone wicked is arranging that Mrs. Raisin’s cats never again hear their mistress’footfall on the path.