Agatha Raisin (MC Beaton) Books in Order

Retired London PR woman Agatha Raisin moves to the Cotswolds and tries to fit in with a village quiche contest. When the judge dies after eating her entry, she becomes a suspect and starts sleuthing to clear her name.

Agatha is intrigued by the village vet until his nasty reputation catches up with him and he is found dead. With gossip flying and suspects everywhere, she digs into local secrets and learns how dangerous small-town grudges can be.

Back in Carsely, Agatha is pulled into garden-club rivalries where jealousy is practically a sport. When vandalism escalates into murder, she has to untangle romance, resentment, and hidden pasts before the killer strikes again.

Agatha joins a hiking club for exercise and a bit of romance, then a rambler is found dead. Feuds over rights-of-way and local power turn nasty, and Agatha goes undercover to follow the trail of resentment.

A wedding brings fresh drama to the Cotswolds, and then the celebration turns deadly. Agatha sifts through family secrets, money worries, and tangled relationships to work out who wanted the marriage stopped for good.

Agatha tries to take a break from village life, but trouble follows her on holiday. When a tourist dies under suspicious circumstances, she has to trust her instincts far from home and figure out who is lying.

A fashionable wellspring becomes the latest local obsession, promising health and renewal to anyone who pays. When someone is found dead, Agatha looks past the glossy surface and uncovers the grudges and scams underneath.

Agatha is drawn to a community buzzing with superstition and rumors of witchcraft. When fear turns violent and a body turns up, she hunts for the very human motive hiding behind the spooky talk.

A trip to Evesham should be a simple distraction, but Agatha runs into a self-styled wizard and a string of unsettling events. When a murder follows, she has to separate showmanship from real danger.

In a village where folklore is used to explain every mishap, Agatha senses something darker at work. After a death shocks the locals, she follows the evidence and exposes the secrets people have been blaming on fairies.

Agatha hopes romance will finally behave itself, but new entanglements quickly turn sour. A murder with relationships at its heart sends her digging into jealousy, manipulation, and the stories people tell to get what they want.

Flooding throws the Cotswolds into chaos, and the disruption uncovers more than damaged property. When a death follows the storms, Agatha races through muddy clues and muddier motives to find the killer.

A new curate shakes up village life and stirs up fresh scandals. When suspicion turns into murder, Agatha navigates church politics and local gossip to figure out who wanted the newcomer silenced.

A grand house and its ghost stories tempt Agatha, then deliver the real kind of trouble. After a death rattles the community, she tracks who is using fear as cover and who is willing to kill to keep a secret.

Agatha is swept into parties and social rivalries where everyone seems to be pairing up and plotting. When the dancing stops with a murder, she works through flirtations and grudges to find the person who took the evening too far.

Carsely gains a local paragon who makes everyone else look bad, and resentment builds fast. When the perfect person ends up dead, Agatha digs into envy and hypocrisy and discovers how dangerous perfection can be.

Agatha tags along on a seaside trip hoping for romance, but a guest is murdered and suspicion falls on her. With few allies and plenty of enemies, she has to piece together what happened before she takes the blame.

Agatha plans for a quieter Christmas, but the season brings its own chaos and grudges. A case tied to holiday gatherings pulls her back into detective work when goodwill proves to be in short supply.

A case of poisoning turns everyday hospitality into a minefield of suspicion. Agatha follows the trail from polite invitations to private grudges, learning how easily kindness can be used as camouflage.

Wedding plans bring out the worst in a tight-knit community, and then things turn deadly. Agatha sorts through family secrets, last-minute romances, and financial pressure to find who wanted the bride’s future destroyed.

A craze for self-improvement sweeps through the village, along with plenty of smooth talk and sharp elbows. When a murder follows, Agatha has to spot the lie beneath the smile and the motive behind the makeover.

A rustic celebration brings pigs, prizes, and more gossip than the village can handle. Then someone turns up dead, and Agatha follows the muddy trail through farm politics, petty sabotage, and stubborn greed.

Agatha expects the holidays to be full of tradition and treats, until a death turns the season sour. She investigates through carols, parties, and long-simmering grudges that have nothing to do with goodwill.

Agatha stumbles into rivalries that are petty on the surface and vicious underneath. When a death shocks the community, she tracks the grudges, the jealousies, and the one person who was close enough to strike.

Borrowed things have a way of coming back in the worst possible condition. When a dispute over possessions and promises ends in murder, Agatha works out who had the most to lose and who decided theft was not enough.

A new case drags Agatha into a tangle of old family secrets and local legends. When violence erupts, she has to work out which stories are performance and which hide a motive someone will kill to protect.

Before Carsely, Agatha is a young woman in the rough-and-tumble world of public relations. When a client is accused of murdering his wife, she cannot resist investigating, and discovers she has a detective’s nerve.

Rumor and reputation are the weapons in this case, and Agatha can read both. When dirty tricks turn into murder, she follows the trail of secrets people are desperate to keep off the record.

A case rooted in gardens and grief pulls Agatha into a community that does not welcome questions. When someone is killed, she has to work out which kindness is real, which is performance, and what has been buried for years.

An elderly woman is found hanging from a tree with a grim local reputation. Agatha investigates a village full of whispers about witches and curses, but the real danger comes from human secrets, not folklore.

Agatha is drawn to a country church with a celebrated bell-ringing team and a charming cleric. When a ringer is murdered, she unpicks rivalries and hidden affairs and learns how far people will go for influence.

Agatha is hired on a case tied to a local factory, where tension is already high and secrets travel fast. A murder and some very public embarrassment leave her scrambling to identify the culprit before she becomes a target.

A society wedding and an equestrian world pull Agatha into unfamiliar territory. When someone connected to the horses is murdered, she follows the money, the rivalries, and the scandal riding just under the surface.

Agatha investigates a death linked to a local bowls club, where friendly games hide serious grudges. As talk turns to poisoned drink and long-held resentments, she races to find the culprit before more than one person goes down.

On the way to a friend’s wedding, Agatha and her assistant are flagged down by a terrified man claiming he has seen a dead body. The body vanishes, and a case linked to a local ice cream business turns dangerous.