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Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
The Agatha Raisin Mysteries: Book #2
By M. C. Beaton
Narrated by Diana Bishop / 5 hours 12 minutes
It's a purr-fect crime in the Cotswolds.Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn't adjusted to village life, where the only prospect for a hot evening out is a meeting of the Ladies Society. And since her overtures toward James Lacey, the retired military man next door, have failed, Agatha jumps at the chance to visit the new vet, who is single and good-looking. Although Agatha's cat hasn't a thing wrong with him, Hodge endures having a thermometer shoved up his bum in the name of romance. Unfortunately his sacrifice is all for naught when the vet is soon found dead next to a high-strung horse.The police call the vet's demise a freak accident, but Agatha convinces the hard-to-get James Lacey, who is also bored in the Cotswolds, that playing amateur detective might be fun. Unfortunately, just as curiosity killed the cat, Agatha's inept snooping is soon a motivation for murder.
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Introducing Agatha Raisin
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith & Diana Bishop
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of DeathPutting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely, and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest. Despite the fact that Agatha has never baked a thing... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful public-relations firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely, and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest-surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Diana Bishop
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
It's a purr-fect crime in the Cotswolds.Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn't adjusted to village life, where the only prospect for a hot evening out is a meeting of the Ladies Society. And since her overtures toward James Lacey, the retired military man next door, have failed, Agatha jumps at the chance to visit the new vet, who is... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 4 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A little friendly competition for the attention of a handsome neighbor turns deadly in this third installment of the popular Agatha Raisin mystery series.When Agatha Raisin returns home after a sojourn in the capital, she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbor, James Lacey. The newcomer, Mary Fortune,... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
After six months in London, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village-and her dashing neighbor, James Lacey. Well, sort of. James might not be so interested in Agatha. But soon enough, Agatha becomes consumed by her other passion: crime solving. A woman has been found dead in a lonely field nearby. Her name is Jessica Tartinck, a... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Almost bigamy and absolute murder-Agatha Raisin's life is never dull.The morning of Agatha's longed-for marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. It's all too much for James,... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin, retired PR supremo, has been spurned at the altar by the man of her dreams—her attractive neighbor James Lacey. So temporarily deserting the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely, she pursues her fleeing fiancé to north Cyprus, where, instead of enjoying a romantic honeymoon, they witness the killing of an obnoxious tourist in a... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin’s neighboring village of Ancombe is usually the epitome of quiet rural charm, but 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 PR person for the water company, finds the council... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
He was a hairdresser to dye for.
The local ladies all deem Mr. John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head-and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple-she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser. And as well as sorting out her hair it soon becomes clear the charming man also has designs on her heart-but... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
There is nothing more depressing for a middle-aged lovelorn woman with bald patches on her head than to find herself in an English seaside resort out of season. Agatha Raisin, her hair falling out after a run-in with a hairdresser-cum-murderess from a previous investigation, travels to an old-fashioned hotel in order to repair the damage away... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
When a fortune teller from a previous case informs Agatha Raisin that her destiny—and true love—lies in Norfolk, she promptly rents a cottage in the quaint village of Fryfam. No sooner does she arrive than strange things start happening. Random objects go missing from people’s homes and odd little lights are seen dancing in the villagers’... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Recently married to James Lacey, the witty andfractious Agatha Raisin quickly finds that marriage, and love, are not all theyare cracked up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the newlyweds areliving in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. After aparticularly raucous fight in the local pub, James suddenly... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery—a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious.
What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Another witty mystery featuring the quirky, crime-solving sleuth Agatha RaisinJust 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, but... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Can the feisty Agatha Raisin cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then in walks wealthy divorcée Catherine Laggat-Brown, who presents Agatha with her first real case. Death threats, blackmail, and worse quickly follow,... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
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 of her detective agency, determined to prove that his wife is cheating on him, Raisin Investigations immediately offers to help. Unfortunately for Agatha, Mabel Smedley appears to... Read More »
Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies, and Liquor
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin thinks she’s in for a treat when her ex-husband, James Lacey, invites her on a holiday. But to her horror, his idea of an exotic destination is a small, rundown resort in Snoth-on-Sea. Needless to say, the break doesn’t go as planned. When a fellow guest in their hotel is found murdered, Agatha herself becomes a suspect—and it... Read More »
Kissing Christmas Goodbye
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Unlike quite a number of people, Agatha has not given up on Christmas. To have the perfect Christmas had been a childhood dream while surviving a rough upbringing in a Birmingham slum. Holly berries glistened, snow fell gently outside, and inside, all was Dickensian jollity. And in her dreams, James Lacey kissed her under the mistletoe, and like... Read More »
A Spoonful of Poison
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that now all she wants is some R&R. But as soon as she cuts back her hours, Agatha remembers that when she has too much quality time, she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn't take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete,... Read More »
There Goes the Bride
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Bossy, impulsive, yet hopelessly romantic, Agatha is dreading the upcoming marriage of her ex-husband, James Lacey. Although she has set her sights on a handsome and beguiling new Frenchman, she can’t quite stop obsessing about James. Her best intentions to move on with her life are put on hold when James’s young bride is shot to death just... Read More »
Busy Body
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin has never been one for forced holiday cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has always prided itself on its traditional Christmas festivities. But this year the bells will not be ringing out, as Mr. John Sunday, an officer with the Cotswold Health and Safety Board, has chosen Christmas as the time to crack down on... Read More »
As the Pig Turns
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The picturesque Cotwsold village of Winter Parva has decided to warm the post-Christmas season by roasting a pig in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals and the pig is carried toward its final resting place, Agatha... Read More »
Hiss and Hers
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Davina Porter
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever and armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on.
Agatha has fallen head over heels in love. Again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold... Read More »
Something Borrowed, Someone Dead
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Gloria French was a jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, araucous laugh, and rosy cheeks. When she first moved from London to thecharming Cotswold hills, she was heartily welcomed. She seemed a do-gooder parexcellence, raising funds for the church and caring for the elderly. But shehad a nasty habit of borrowing things and not giving them back.... Read More »
The Blood of an Englishman
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In this irresistible new mystery from New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton, the adorably cranky Agatha Raisin investigates when a local bakeris murdered while performing in a seemingly harmless pantomime.
“Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman …”
Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, herfriend Mrs. Bloxby,... Read More »
Dishing the Dirt
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin is back and finds that she must prove her own innocence when a local therapist turns up dead.When therapist Jill Davent moved to the village of Carsely, Agatha Raisin was not a fan. Not only was this therapist romancing Agatha's ex-husband, she dug up details of Agatha's... Read More »
Pushing Up Daisies
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton’s beloved Agatha Raisin is back on a case and poking around where she doesn’t belong.When Agatha Raisin left behind her public-relations business in London, she fulfilled her dream of settling in the cozy British Cotswolds where she began a successful private detective agency. Unfortunately, the... Read More »
The Witches' Tree
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Molly hunched over the steering wheel. A breeze started to move the fog, which danced in swaying pillars in front of her headlights, somehow even more difficult to drive through than the previous thick fog. As she approached the village, through the shifting fog, she saw the lightning-blasted limbs of the witches' tree ...Driving home from a... Read More »
The Dead Ringer
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-now the star of a hit TV show-is back on the case again.
The idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna is best known for the medieval church of St. Ethelred and its bells, which are the pride and glory of the whole community.
As the bell-ringers get ready for the visit of... Read More »
Beating About the Bush
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Agatha Raisin in Beating About the Bush
When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where... Read More »
Hot to Trot
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Length:
Abridged: No
Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton’s cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—now the star of a hit T.V. show—is back on the case again.
When Private Investigator Agatha Raisin learns that her friend and one-time lover Charles Fraith is to be married to a mysterious socialite, Miss Mary Brown-Field, she sees it as her duty to find out what she... Read More »
Agatha's First Case
By: M. C. Beaton M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
At age twenty-six, Agatha Raisin has already come a long way. She has clawed her way up since leaving the Birmingham slum where she was born. She's lost her Birmingham accent, run away from her drunken husband, and found a job at a public relations office as a secretary. Then her boss asks Agatha to go to the home of Sir Bryce Teller to tell him... Read More »