Beaton, M. C.: Agatha Raisin: There Goes The Bride

Praise for M.C. Beaton ‘The detective novels of M.C. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status‘ The Times ‘Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, a pack-a-day habit and major man lust. In fact, I think she could be living my dream life‘ Entertainment Weekly Agatha‘s former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha decides she has fallen for Sylvan, a Frenchman she met at James‘ engagement party. To distract her still further she decides upon a holiday and flies to Istanbul, where unfortunately she bumps into James and his fiancée not once but twice - convincing him she is stalking them. So when the bride is murdered on her wedding day, naturally Agatha is Suspect Number One - but then matters are turned on their head when the dead bride‘s mother engages Agatha to take on the case of her murdered daughter! And very soon Agatha‘s own life is in danger while she tries to solve the mystery of the corpse bride while fighting off (halfheartedly) the advances of a very attractive and determined Frenchman!