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Shop nowAgatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
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Learn moreAlmost 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, who breaks off the engagement. So when Jimmy is found murdered the next day, Agatha and James are both suspects. And they’ll have to work together in order to clear their names.
M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her New York Times bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries. The BBC has aired 24 episodes based on the series. Beaton is also the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series, which will air as an eight-episode dramatic series on Sky1, starring Ashley Jensen. She lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. For more information, you can visit MCBeaton.com.
Penelope Keith is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and award-winning actress who is best known for her roles in To the Manor Born and The Good Life, but she has appeared in many other television programs, including No Job for a Lady and Law and Disorder. Her theater performances include The Norman Conquests, Hay Fever, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. She has received several BAFTA Awards and in 2014 was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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“The blunt Agatha Raisin, with her stocky figure and ‘bearlike eyes,’ makes for an unusual sleuth, and her fifth outing certainly makes for an unusual adventure…Beaton, who also pens the Hamish Macbeth series, gleefully creates one excruciating situation after another for her indomitable heroine to endure.”
“Agatha Raisin had long presumed her first husband dead when she married her attractive neighbor, but then Jimmy Raisin suddenly turns up. When someone murders him that same night, Agatha becomes the prime suspect. A great series.”
“One of the interesting things about this series is how unappealing the abrasive Agatha can be. She’s vain, snide, and self-pitying on a regular basis. All that adds up to a heroine who is also very human, and perhaps that—we identify with her even if we don’t always like her—is one of the elements that keeps readers coming back. Another is Beaton’s plotting. Like snack food, it’s fast, tasty, and leaves you satisfied.”
“Anyone interested in a few hours’ worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin.”
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