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Agatha Raisin and the murderous marriage

While Agatha Raisin is planning her marriage to her next-door neighbor, her undivorced, long-thought-dead husband reappears, only to end up murdered the next day, leaving the inimitable amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin the prime suspect.

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  • "While Agatha Raisin is planning her marriage to her next-door neighbor, her undivorced, long-thought-dead husband reappears, only to end up murdered the next day, leaving the inimitable amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin the prime suspect."@en
  • "The morning of Agatha's marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. James breaks off the engagement. So when Jimmy is found murdered next day, Agatha and James are both the prime suspects. And they'll have to work together in order to clear their names . . ."Beaton's dry sense of humour and her unflattering but affectionate portrait of gruff, often adolescent-acting Agatha makes this a bloom worth picking."Publishers Weekly."@en
  • "The morning of Agatha's marriage to James dawns bright & clear. But the storm clouds of the day before would have been more appropriate when Agatha's first husband, Jimmy Raisin, turns up at the church just in time to keep her from committing bigamy."@en
  • "After her first husband, Jimmy Raisin, stops her wedding and she is left jilted at the altar, he is found strangled to death, and Agatha Raisin must prove her innocence along with that of her intended. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage."@en
  • "Agatha Raisin is tying the knot with James Lacey before he can have second thoughts. After all, her first husband must be long dead of alcohol poisoning. But Jimmy Raisin hears the news in his cardboard residence in London and reaches the village of Carsely just in time to stop Agatha from committing bigamy. Promptly jilted by her groom, Agatha pushes Jimmy in a ditch--where he is later found strangled."
  • "Agatha Raisin is tying the knot with James Lacey before he can have second thoughts. After all her first husband, Jimmy, must be dead from alcohol poisoning. But Jimmy hears the news among London's down-and-outs--and reaches Carsley in time to stop Agatha from committing bigamy. Jilted by James and angry, Agatha pushes Jimmy into a ditch -- where he is later found strangled. Prime suspects Agatha and James, are thrown together again by their investigation into Jimmy's past and who would want him dead."@en
  • "Ancombe is usually the picture of quiet English Cotswolds charm. Agatha Raisin's long-awaited marriage to her attractive neighbour James Lacey is disrupted by the reappearance of Agatha's first husband, Jimmy Raisin."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Crime"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Agatha Raisin and the murderous marriage"
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  • "Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage"@en
  • "Agatha Raisin und der tote Ehemann : Kriminalroman"
  • "Agatha raisin and the murderous marriage"
  • "Agatha Raisin and murderous marriage"
  • "Agatha Raisin und der tote Ehemann Kriminalroman"

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