Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a doze when her dreams take a strange turn. The housemaid Mary is telling her that there is a body in the library. When she awakes, she finds its true. But who is the strange blonde lady dressed in an evening gown who is lying strangled on the library hearth rug? ...

Hiya! What would you do if your smelly brother started getting emails from a mystery girl? Ha ha! OK, I admit it was my fault.

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![endif]--> A less-than-welcome invitation to ex-husband James's wedding - to a beautiful, younger woman
- lands on Agatha's doormat.
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Yuletide overindulgence on the poison front...

During the dark, grey days of early December Agatha is obsessed by two

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Agatha Raisin has never been one for enforced 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 Silent Night as Mr John Sunday, an officer with the Cotswold Health & Safety Board, has chosen Christmas as the time to crack down what he sees as gross misconduct by every man, woman, & child in the vicinity. The village shop is told it can no longer have wooden shelves which have been there since the time of Queen Victoria ?in case someone is inflicted with a splinter.? The village school is ordered to leave lights on at night ?to prevent unauthorized intruders from tripping in the dark.? & children are warned to not play with ?counterfeit banknotes? after passing around toy money in the playground. But finally Mr Sunday goes too far when he rules that there cannot be a Christmas tree atop the church tower this year. Soon after the decree & just before Christmas, Agatha is sipping a cup of tea & trying to stay awake as minute by minute of the Carsely Ladies Society meeting at the vicarage drones on when a sudden scream wakes her from her stupor. The ladies rush out of the building & into the garden to find Sunday lying face down in the petunias, very much dead. Agatha is instantly on the case, but with so many people having threatened the life of the victim, it's almost impossible to know where to start! ...

After being nearly killed by both a hired hitman & 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 be the perfect wife: young, pretty, & a regular volunteer at church. But just as Agatha is ready to give up, Smedley is poisoned with weed killer, leaving Michael, the prime suspect, to inherit a fortune. With no one left to pay her, Agatha has to drop the investigation ...

Agatha goes digging where she shouldn't...

Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections

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The Columbo of the Cotswolds
- Agatha Raisin is back in two more full-cast dramas based on the bestselling books by M.C. Beaton.
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This great CD brings together another two adventures from the Columbo of the Cotswolds, Agatha Raisin. In ' The Quiche of Death', Agatha, in her first extended radio appearance, is determined to make her mark by winning the local baking competition. When the judge is poisoned by her entry, she must investigate & uncovers a web of extra-marital sex & pastry-based favours. In ' The Vicious Vet', a handsome vet is found injected with a syringeful of tranquiliser. Eager to find out if it was an accident or something more sinister, Agatha & James team up to find out who killed him, but they resort to barefaced lies, burglary & badger watching. ...

The Terrible Tourist Now that their marriage plans have collapsed, Agatha is furious to find that James is taking a holiday on the island where they were to have their honeymoon. But when she sets out in pursuit of him, she stumbles upon another murder. The Fairies of Fryfam Having been hurt by James once too often, Agatha takes a trip to the Cornish villages of Fryfam & is soon disturbed by some strange lights at the bottom of the garden. ...