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Agatha Raisin: There Goes The Bride (Hardcover)

by M.C. Beaton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 246 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (15 Oct 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 1845299531
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845299538
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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The eagerly awaited 20th Agatha Raisin title with a brand new cover style.


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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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Raisin on top form, 13 Oct 2009
By Damaskcat (UK) - See all my reviews
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Agatha and the staff of her detective agency have been invited to her ex-husband - James Lacey's wedding. But before the wedding can take place the bride is murdered. Agatha at first is suspected, but quickly eliminated from the investigation. Naturally Agatha wants to get involved and find who did it and when Felicity's mother asks her to investigate she is overjoyed. But things are not as simple as they appear and then there's a sophisticated Frenchman - Sylvan - hanging around and making advances to Agatha - are his intentions honourable?

Full of excellent characters and situations this plot will keep you guessing until nearly the end. Agatha is on top form and getting herself into awkward situations as she tries to unmask the killer. Fortunately her friends are always on the look out for her. Her protegy, Toni, is on fine form and Agatha's friend Charles seems rather less silly than normal. Mrs Bloxby is a tower of strength and James seems to have softened in his attitude to Agatha. This is a great read for anyone who likes their crime stories with not too much on screen violence and interesting characters. A welcome return for Agatha Raisin and her friends.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Time to retire, 29 Oct 2009
By K. Lawrence "Jennifer can't say ruarrhi" (Cornwall, UK) - See all my reviews
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I LOVE AGATHA RAISIN and so it's with a heavy heart that i say its time for her to retire. This new book although, fun in some places ,lacks the original humour , characterisation and imagination of Agatha in her prime.Not so much of a story but vignettes of ideas that are strung together with a contrived link.Lots of repitition - pugnacious faces, steel grey hair and over reliance of familiar characters who turn up and then disappear continually.
MC Beaton should take regard of the other agatha - christie.
She was wise to only write 13 miss marples and any other ideas were carefully contained in short stories.
sorry folks - but this is one book too many.
apologies to Agatha Raisin fans worldwide

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4.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Pines, Fusses, Detects, Dodges, Sulks, and Tries New Romance, 22 Nov 2009
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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"Yet man is born to trouble,
As the sparks fly upward."

--Job 5:7

There Goes the Bride nicely summarizes the frustrations of being an unattached fifty-year-old who craves romance and is beginning to doubt herself. Most novels write about such characters through lots of psychological Sturm und Drang. M.C. Beaton takes a better route by putting lots of action together so we can deduce Agatha Raisin's inner turmoil through her whirling dervish imitations. In fact, I don't recall another mystery in the series that has as much action as this one . . . a rarity in a cozy.

Although Agatha knows that James Lacey isn't right for her (after all, he divorced her by pretending he wanted to become a monk), she's galled by James being engaged to the beautiful, young, and adoring Felicity Bross-Tilkington. James has told Agatha that he appreciates Felicity's interest in his military history writing. Agatha has always been bored stiff by the same. Ever curious (and you know what happened to the curious cat), she takes two trips to look into military history with some humorous consequences. Along the way, she hopes to snag someone of interest, but doesn't get anywhere.

Back in England, the wedding of her ex looms. Agatha is very uncomfortable, and James doesn't make matters any better by confiding that he's tiring of Felicity . . . who only seems to be pretending to be interested in him. As the festivities near, something's definitely off. Before Agatha can figure out what's going on, there's a corpse and Agatha is suspect numero uno. Now, she has to get to the bottom of things.

Romance isn't Agatha's only problem. The detective agency doesn't really thrill her anymore, even after Toni Gilmour returns to the firm . . . making detecting easier . . . if less satisfying. Agatha alternates between being jealous of Felicity and Toni.

As the detection swings into high gear, Agatha finds herself playing a more deadly game than she's anticipated. Let an attractive man drop by, and she flies like a moth towards the flame. Could that tendency be fatal to our Agatha?

Those who love to see Agatha squirm will have plenty to please them with this book. Readers who instead would like Agatha to gain some peace will be deeply disturbed as she dangles, almost defenselessly, in the winds of rancor.

The book's main weakness is that Agatha's angst seems overdone. She is too capable at her core to behave in such a silly fashion all the time. As a result, that aspect of the story won't ring true. She also inspires a nemesis who also seems exaggerated in his desire to do her in. If you can enjoy both aspects as being satirical, it's definitely an above-average character study filled with action and humor.

Keep laughing, especially at your own foibles! It makes life more fun.


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M.C.Beaton has written another classic Agatha Raisin; full of twists and turns with that quirky humour which makes these books such an enjoyable read. Read more
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