Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods ..., M. C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods ..., M. C. Beaton
5 Rating(s)
List: $19.95 | Sale: $13.97
Club: $9.97

Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

Author: M. C. Beaton

Narrator: Penelope Keith

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2013

Synopsis

Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery—a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious. What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is finding a corpse. The dead girl was a member of Agatha's exercise class, afloat in a rain-swollen river, dressed in a bridal gown, and clutching a wedding bouquet. Agatha's policeman friend Bill Wong suggests she leave this macabre murder to the Worcester CID. Pah! What do they know? Once she enlists the aid of the bachelor mystery writer next door, puts on a disguise, and interviews some likely suspects, Agatha will be her brash, redoubtable self again—unless she becomes the killer's next victim first …

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her New York Times bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries. The BBC has aired 24 episodes based on the series. Beaton is also the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series, which will air as an eight-episode dramatic series on Sky1, starring Ashley Jensen. She lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. For more information, you can visit MCBeaton.com.

About Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and award-winning actress who is best known for her roles in To the Manor Born and The Good Life, but she has appeared in many other television programs, including No Job for a Lady and Law and Disorder. Her theater performances include The Norman Conquests, Hay Fever, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. She has received several BAFTA Awards and in 2014 was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on July 04, 2024

Oh, Agatha. I have mixed feelings about this book. Maybe that's how I'm supposed to feel, though? The shock of those first few pages! (view spoiler)[The book opens abruptly with the announcement that Charles Fraith ran off and got married to some French beauty half his age. WHAT?! (hide spoiler)] And Agatha is still pining over James......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on September 22, 2011

As I live and breathe, that Agatha Raisin appears to be growing up. No longer is she endlessly chasing after James, or Charles or even the new man next door. Agatha is not doing anything as trite as trying to “find herself”, but she is starting to come to some new realizations and her old irritating......more

Goodreads review by Erin L on October 29, 2015

All right, I've probably read too many Agatha Raisin books lately. She got a bit irritating this time at the end when she decided to just go ahead and search things at the end without notifying the police. I think her character made a bit of a regression there, while prior to this book, I'd been thi......more

Goodreads review by Gerry on April 11, 2021

The endearing Agatha is at it again in that sleepy Cotswold village that she has retired to. "I am a real detective," declares Agatha truculently and then proceeds to hit a string of minor disasters while investigating the latest couple of murders that present themselves to her. The love interest ab......more

Goodreads review by Jammin Jenny on July 18, 2019

I really enjoyed this Agatha Raisin mystery. Agatha is all alone - James has taken off to join a monastery, and Charles has taken off to France to marry some girl. So Agatha decides to take a mini-vacation. When she gets back, she finds a floating dead body of a woman in her wedding dress. She and h......more

Quotes

“A true village mystery with a heroine so timely and real, you’ll want to meet her at the pub.” St. Petersburg Times

“Funny, breezy, and very enjoyable.” Midwest Book Review

“The Agatha Raisin stories are always well plotted, but the real attraction is the quirky characters of Agatha, Sir Charles, and James. Fans will be thrilled to catch up with the titanic trio.” RT Book Reviews

“The real story in M. C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came takes place upon Agatha’s return to her Cotswold home, when she learns of a young woman’s apparent suicide and decides to investigate with the aid of her new neighbor, the dashing, cultured, and vaguely lascivious writer John Armitage, and her own surprising flair for deceit and disguise.” Publishers Weekly

“Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series just about defines the British cozy: she gives us an individualistic sleuth working out of a thatched cottage in an achingly picturesque Cotswold village.” Booklist, praise for the series

“Penelope Keith as Agatha shines.” AudioFile, praise for the narrator

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List