M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (UK 2016)

From the Publisher:
Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha...
No happily ever after for her!
Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be -- soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity.

Then, after a fight down the local pub, James vanishes - a bloodstain the only clue to his fate. Naturally, Agatha is Suspect Number One. Determined to clear her name -- and find her husband - Agatha begins her investigation and promptly discovers a murdered mistress...

Praise for M.C. Beaton:
'I'm not sure I wouldn't back Agatha against Jack Reacher in. a fight. She has the ruthlessness. The cunning. And the poisoned quiche' -- Daily Telegraph
'The detective novels of M.C. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status' -- The Times

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell. Queen of the Village Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472121356 (January, 2016), 313 p., £7.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha...
No happily ever after for her! Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be -- soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. Then, after a fight down the local pub, James vanishes - a bloodstain the only clue to his fate. Naturally, Agatha is Suspect Number One. Determined to clear her name -- and find her husband - Agatha begins her investigation and promptly discovers a murdered mistress...

'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshingly sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.' -- Booklist
'Compare this to lemon meringu pie: light... with a delicious hint of tartness at heart.' -- Washington Post

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell. Robinson, ISBN: 9781849011440 (May, 2010), 340 p., £6.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
Now she's a wife - there's more trouble and strife!
Recently married to James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds out that it's not all 'happy ever after' -- before long the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. And after a fight down the local pub James vanishes completely, leaving a bloodstain as th only clue to his fate. Naturally Agatha is Prime Suspect. Determined to clear her name and find her husband, Agatha begins to investigate, and promptly discovers a murdered mistress!

Praise for the Agatha Raisin series
'Clever red herrings and some wicked unfinished business guarantees that the listener will pant for a sequel.' -- The Times, audio review
'Beaton's dry sense of humour and her unflattering but affectionate portrait of gruff, often adolescent-acting Agatha makes this... a bloom worth picking' -- Publishers Weeklys

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell. Robinson, ISBN: 1845293770 (August, 2006), 300 p., £5.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
AGATHA RAISIN HAS FINALLY MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS, BUT NOW HER LIFE IS NOTHING SHORT OF A NIGHTMARE...
The honeymoon is most definitely over for Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. It's only been a short time since their wedding -- and already they aren't getting on. But his wandering eye and her god-awful housekeeping are the least of their problems. Just days after a very public, very ugly marital row, James disappears -- and when his mistress is later found murdered, he's the prime suspect. Agatha just doesn't buy it. Sure, he's a liar and a sneaky, low-down cheat. But a murderer? That's bloody impossible! And as some speculate on the role Agatha may have played in his vanishing, the forever feisty Mrs. Raisin must piece together the most unsavory parts of the dead woman's past to clear James's name -- and her own...

"[Agatha] is a glorious cross between Miss Marple, Auntie Mame, and Lucille Ball, with a tad of pit bull tossed in. She's wonderful." -- St. Petersburg Times

"Among the many joys of all Agatha Raisin adventures are Beaton's sweetly formal prose and her vivid descriptions of colorful villagers. This one, however, adds a crackerjack plot and a delightfully comic ending to the mix, making it clearly the best of the lot." -- Booklist (starred review)

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell. St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN: 0312983182 (January, 2003), 247 p., $6.50.