M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (UK 2015)

From the Publisher:
Agatha's a snake in the grass...
Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to gardening -- and with Carsely Garden Open Day looming, Agatha feels this deficiency acutely.

So when Mary is discovered murdered, buried upside down in a pot, Agatha seizes the moment and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging the dirt on the hapless victim. But Agatha has an awkward secret too...

Praise for the Agatha Raisin series:
'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
'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

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener. Queen of the Village Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472120946 (May, 2015), 195 p., £7.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Agatha goes digging where she shouldn't...
Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to gardening -- and with Carsely Garden Open Day looming, Agatha feels this deficiency acutely.

So when Mary is discovered murdered, buried upside down in a pot, Agatha seizes the moment and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging the dirt on the hapless victim. But Agatha has an awkward secret too...

'Clever red herrings and some wicked unfinished business guarantees that the listener will pant for a sequel.' -- The Times audiobook review

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener. There's a snake in the garden... Robinson, ISBN: 9781849011365 (February, 2010), 221 p., £6.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (UK 2005)

From the Publisher:
'A wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine? Booklist
Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to gardening -- and with Carsely Garden Open Day looming, Agatha feels this deficiency acutely.

So when Mary is discovered murdered, buried upside down in a plant pot, Agatha seizes the moment and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging the dirt on the hapless victim. But is this wise? For Agatha has an awkward secret too...

'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 Weekly

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener. Robinson, ISBN: 1845291360 (April, 2005), 223 p., £5.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
"Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Never say die. That's the philosophy Agatha Raisin clings to when she comes home to cozy Carsely and finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbor, James Lacey. The beautiful newcomer, Mary Fortune, is superior in every way, especially when it comes to gardening. And Agatha, that rose with many thorns, hasn't a green thumb to her name.

With garden Open Day approaching, she longs for a nice juicy murder to remind James of her genius for investigation. And sure enough, a series of destructive assaults on the finest gardens is followed by an appalling murder. Agatha seizes. the moment and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging up all the dirt on the victim. Problem - is, Agatha has an awkward secret of her own...

"Compare this one to lemon meringue pie: light... with a delicious hint of tartness at its heart." -- The Washington Times
"Delightful... Hilarious... Warning: Once you read one of Beaton's books, you're hooked. No one does the English cozy better." -- Romantic Times

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener. Ivy Books, ISBN: 0804113599 (January, 1996), 181 p., $5.50.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
Agatha Raisin longs for a little romance and excitement in the LEnglish Cotswolds. Her latest plan to endear herself to bachelor James Lacey, her neighbor, is to take up gardening: She sees the prestigious Carsley Horticultural Contest as the perfect opportunity to impress James.

Unfortunately, Agatha's sincere horticultural efforts are thwarted by a hard freeze that kills all of her seedlings, foreing her to resort to her usual treachery.

When conniving Roy Silver, her former assistant at the PR firm that she sold and retired from, is sent to persuade Agatha to return to London to save the Pure Cosmetics account, he sees the perfect opportunity. Knowing how proud and competitive Agatha can be, he makes her an offer she can't refuse. Roy promises to arrange to fill her garden with healthy, beautiful plants in secret if she will save the account.

As the contest approaches, however, plants are mysteriously being uprooted, poisoned, and burned. When the prime suspect, a beautiful blond newcomer named Mary Fortune, who has her eye on James Lacey, turns up dead, Agatha and James must put aside their differences to solve the puzzle.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener. An Agatha Raisin Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 031210927X (August, 1994), 196 p., $18.95.