by M.C. Beaton
I have never read any books by this author about her private detective Agatha Raisin, I wasn't sure what to expect. The main character is a successful business person who after a couple different careers decides to settle down in rural England to start a detective agency. She builds a successful company but is not entirely happy as she is feeling her age (jealous of the youth of her young protege) and looking for a many to love, possibly getting distracted from her work in her search for a good man.
In this story she is asked to help promote a church fundraiser that will be taking place in a nearby town. She has been asked to help because of her prior PR experience. She succeeds in getting a celebrity singer to appear and good media attention and it looks like the event will be a success until two people die, one of them jumping off the room of the church..... did someone drug the jam samples in the jam contest with LSD? And who stole the money the church raised? and who murdered the accountant?
Agatha is particulary suspicious of the Vicar's young vivacious wife but her friends and colleagues keep telling her she is being unfair. She develops an interest in a man from the village where the fair took place only to find out he is a cad. She outs him in the media and then fears he may come after her.
It turns out her suspicions of the vixen were justified. Agatha is quite self-centred but she is also very generous, she has bought an apartment for her young protege to help her get established.
It was an entertaining read but I am not sure I will be interested in reading any others in the series.
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