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Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Agatha Raisin, Bk 12) Author:M. C. Beaton
Book Description:
Marital bliss was short-lived for Agatha Raisin. Her marriage to James Lacey was a disaster from the beginning, and in the end, he left her-not for another woman, but for God. After having been miraculously cured of a brain tumor, James has decided to join a monastery in France. Agatha can usually depend on her old friend, Sir Charles Fraith, to be there when times are tough, but even Charles has abandoned her, dashing off to Paris to marry a young French tart.
Miserable and alone, Agatha hops on a plane and heads for a remote island in the South Pacific. To Agatha's surprise, she makes friends with her fellow travelers easily, and keeps herself out of mischief, despite the odd feeling she gets from one particularly attractive honeymooning couple. But when she later finds that the pretty bride has drowned under suspicious circumstances, Agatha wishes she had found a way to intervene.
Cheryl R. (Spuddie) from ST LOUIS PARK, MN wrote on 7/26/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Twelfth in the series set in the village of Carsely in the Cotswolds and featuring amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin. In this book, Agatha takes an extended holiday to Robinson Crusoe Island and begins to work through her disappointment over her failed marriage. When she returns to the village, rain and flooding await, and when Agatha sees the body of a young girl she'd encountered at her beauty parlor a few days previously floating down the bloated river, she has a new mystery to occupy her time. As usual, she runs afoul of the police, who admonish her to leave the detecting to the professionals. A new neighbor moves into James' old cottage next door, and he's a detective fiction writer. Agatha staunchly makes up her mind to be totally uninterested romantically, but accepts his friendly offer to help her investigate. A typical enjoyable light read in this series, and I did not guess the killer until close to the end which was a nice surprise.
Alexa A. (SCOUT-FINCH) from SHERMAN OAKS, CA wrote on 12/19/2005...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love dear old, bad old Aggie - this is one of the better installments in the series..
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Kristine S. (NHBookLover) from LACONIA, NH wrote on 3/26/2008...
I am beginning to dislike Agatha! She has made me stay up WAAAY past my bedtime too often lately. In this one Agatha goes on vacation to an island to get away from memories after James leaves her shortly after their marriage and enters a monastery. Or does he?? A murder occurs after she leaves the island. After returning home a body is found and Agatha recalls the murder victim from the island and thinks this could be similar so of course she has to get involved. Disguises, attenpts on her life - all this while meeting the new neighbor, a mystery writer, who purchased James' house.
See why she has been keeping me up at night???
Marlene W. (KansasSunflower) from OVERLAND PARK, KS wrote on 1/23/2007...
I absolutely loved it. This was the first book in this series I've read and I've already ordered two more. It's a fun easy read and thoroughly entertaining.
Barb J. from SOUTH BERWICK, ME wrote on 3/8/2006...
A great read! Agatha Raisin is entertaining.
Storm C. (greenwitchlady) from WINCHESTER, NH wrote on 1/25/2006...
Great read.
Elayne K. wrote on 12/30/2005...
A very clever mystery set in the English countryside that is light and fun to read. The heroine is a middle-aged woman who really can make you laugh at yourself!