Henry Carter Hull

Recently married to James Lacey, the witty and fractious Agatha Raisin quickly finds that marriage, and love, are not all they are cracked up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the newlyweds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. After a particularly raucous fight in the local pub, James suddenly vanishes-a bloodstain the only clue to his fate-and Agatha is the prime suspect.Determined to clear her name and...

Agatha Raisin's wedding to James Lacey is cancelled when her supposedly dead husband Jimmy Raisin shows up on the day before the ceremony. When Jimmy is found dead the next morning, Agatha recruits her estranged fiancee to help her find the killer.

The Thomases, an English couple, move into the sleepy Scottish Highlands. There Trixie, a model of domestic efficiency, turns things around in the village.

Constable Hamish Macbeth is suspected of murder when one of his fellow guests at the Friendly House in Skag is murdered.

Agatha Raisin and bachelor James Lacey put aside their differences and solve the murder of a village newcomer.

Scottish police inspector Hamish Macbeth finds himself with yet another case on his hands when a painful toothache sends him running to the office of the slightly unethical Dr. Gilchrist, only to find the dentist has been poisoned.

Constable Hamish Macbeth is goaded into accepting a challenge to fight a loud-mouthed newcomer to Lochdubh known as the Macho Man, but before the bout can take place, the bully is murdered, placing Macbeth in an uncomfortable situation and putting his beloved job in jeopardy.