Is it my imagination, or is Agatha, a 50 something retired PR executive who has retired to a charming Cotswolds village, beginning to mellow? In this, Beaton's 23rd Agatha Raisin mystery, Agatha is again in love, this time with handsome (but one -legged!) gardener George Marston. George is a notorious ladies' man and Agatha can't quite seem to catch a break in her pursuit of this popular local Lothario. Suspects abound after Agatha, searching for George when he fails to show up as promised for a local charity ball, discovers his body buried in compost, his head encased in a plastic garbage bag. It soon becomes apparent that there are MANY suspects among George's former, current, aspiring, and rejected lovers and Agatha is determined to solve the crime.
Beaton's wonderful cast of characters, including Mrs. Bloxby, James, Sir Charles Fraith, Roy, and Agatha's usual investigators, all appear in Hiss and Hers, and even the enigmatic and frustrating James seems to be a bit more amiable and appealing than usual. Maybe I'm just getting older! In any case, if you have been following Agatha's adventures, or even if you haven't, you will enjoy this latest one.
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