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Author name: M. C. Beaton

 : Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 2)
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780312939458
ISBN number: 0312939450
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: August 29, 2006
Publishing house: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 49091
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Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Now here is the second novel in the series that started it all…

A PURR-FECT CRIME IN THE COTSWOLDS
Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn’t adjusted to village life where the only prospect for a hot evening out is a meeting of the Ladies Society. And since her overtures toward James Lacey—the retired military man subsequent door—have failed, Agatha jumps at the chance to visit the new vet, who’s single and good-looking. Although Agatha’s tabby hasn’t a thing wrong with him, Hodge endures having a thermometer shoved up his bum in the name of romance. Unfortunately his sacrifice is all for naught when the vet is soon found dead subsequent to a high-strung horse.

The police call the vet’s demise a freak accident, but Agatha convinces the hard-to-get James Lacey, who’s also bored in the Cotswolds, that playing amateur detective might be fun. Unfortunately, just like curiosity killed the cat, Agatha’s inept snooping is soon a motivation for murder...

“Anyone interested in a few hours’ worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“I simply love mysteries that have all the requirements necessary to make them great—the characters, the action, the plots, and that thing we call humanity. Beaton has them all in
spades.”
--Tulsa World





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User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Fun mystery!
I absolutely love the Agatha Raisin mystery series! The author can't publish them fast enough to suit me! Agatha always manages to get herself in some sort of fix or another - the characters are great. Off-beat, amusing British mysteries.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Agatha Raisin
I just love this crazy woman! She's one of my favorite characters. Always an enjoyable read!



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Predictable but charming
This is a charming "cozy" mystery, if predictable. The caracters are fun and the best part is the the author's discription of the English village. Good summer reading.




Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - Amusing trifle
I picked up this book because of a review I read and am not sure what to make of the book. The murder-mystery aspect is a very light bit of fluff having to do with a womanizing jerk of a vet who doesn't like cats and dogs, cons a bunch of desperate women out of lots of money, and winds up dead. The amusement in this series, I assume, is to be had from the characters, and not the plots, which appear to be no more complicated than the most rote "Murder She Wrote" episode. The book really reads more like a romance novel about a particularly socially inept retired career woman, and a village full of desperate menopausal single women than a mystery. I'm reminded of Judi Dench's character Jean Pargiter in "As Time Goes By", only without any of the charm or wit. Oh, the situations Agatha gets herself into are amusing enough, but her behavior itself is off-putting. She's rude, she's grumpy, and worst of all, humorless. Anyone who can't see the humour in the whole the "knocking the sink off the wall trying to screw in a lightbulb to check up on her pimple makeup in a pub restroom" is a dull bore in my estimation. Just writing that should make me laugh, but somehow reading it didn't. Maybe it helps to be English?

All that said, the book was an amusing trifle. I read the whole thing cover to cover in a few days, and I don't waste time finishing books I don't enjoy; life is just too short. I may try another to see if it's a flavor that grows on you.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - The further adventures of Agatha Raisin
This is the second book in the Agatha Raisin series following the debut novel, AGATHA RAISIN AND THE QUICHE OF DEATH.

Agatha Raisin had clawed her way to the top of the London PR business, and once she was on top Agatha had decided to quit while she was ahead and had sold her business and retired to a village in the Cotswolds fulfilling a childhood dream. Once there she discovered that she did not know what to do with her free time. Fortunately for Agatha she stumbled onto new interests, solving murders and the attractive man subsequent door, James Lackey. She had thought that one would be a one-time thing and hoped that the other would lead to something more permanent.

As THE VICIOUS VET opens Agatha has taken a Caribbean vacation, one that would just happen to put her in proximity of James Lackey who she is quite actively pursuing. Alas, poor Agatha's plans fall apart, and she returns home in a foul mood. To her delight she finds that a new vet office has opened up in her sleepy little village and the vet is a charming, handsome man. Agatha has set her sights on a new quarry even after she discovers that his patient skills are somewhat lacking. Before she can make much headway in her new romance the doctor dies under, what seem to her at least, some questionable circumstances. Agatha finds herself paired with James as they once again endeavor to uncover the truth.

This is a typical cozy series mystery. The main attraction here is not a clever mystery to challenge the reader but rather a pleasant visit to a lovely spot filled with charming characters. The mystery takes second place to the amusing (mis)adventures of Agatha and the other village inhabitants. This is a light, charming, quick read, a great book to curl up with for a few hours of pleasant escapism.

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