Agatha Raisin

It"s the week before Christmas, and Agatha tasks Roy with the role of making it the best Christmas ever. Meanwhile, she"s hired to protect a woman from her ghosts of Christmas past, but when her client is found dead, Agatha has a murder investigation on her hands. Everyone in the village of Lower Tapor becomes a suspect—including the woman"s own children.

When James whisks Agatha away on a seaside trip to work on his new book, the last thing she expects is to end up in a town called Snoth-on-Sea. The getaway goes from bad to worse when they"re greeted by protesters at the hotel, and then an obnoxious fellow guest is murdered—and the local police consider Agatha the prime suspect.

Toni and Roy go looking for Ronnie, but someone else gets there first. After reinterviewing the victim"s latest husband, Agatha learns about Chelsea"s traumatic history and begins to make connections between the killings and the long-ago robbery. But can she unravel the puzzle before another life is lost?

Agatha, Roy, and Sarah attend the Fruit Preserve Festival, where Charles and James are two of the judges for the jam competition, and DCI Wilkes is one of the competitors. After a few rounds of tastings, however, the judges start to act out, hallucinating—and Dr. Stevens, believing she can fly, jumps from the roof. DCI Wilkes employs Agatha to find the killer, as he"s currently in the frame.

The police believe the latest death was an accident, but Agatha uncovers a possible connection to an earlier tragedy that may provide clues to the motive in this case. Meanwhile, Agatha"s new flame turns out to have an incendiary effect at the funeral, where all manner of secrets come to light—and that"s before Agatha gets herself into a jam that could prove fatal.

The stage is all set for the wedding of the year between James and his Welsh fiancée, Eirwen, but nothing ever goes to plan in Carsely. First, an unfortunate paintballing mishap leaves the couple splattered in their finery. But ruined attire matters little when Eirwen is shot dead the night before the wedding, and Agatha must take on the case to clear James"s name.

Having lost their lead, Agatha and the gang go back to their list of suspects. Could Eirwen"s murder be connected to the family business? Or were her two prior fiancés somehow involved? As Agatha looks closer at all these tangled relationships, she realizes that someone may have been unwilling to part from Eirwen—except by death.