Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2)

by M.C. Beaton

The feisty Agatha Raisin, unitl recentlya London public-relations executive, believes that the attractive new village vet has taken a shine to her. Yet before romance can bloom, Dr Paul Bladen accidently kills himself under suspicious circumstances while attending to Lord Pendlebury's horse. Oh well, for Agatha there's still her distinguished neighbour, James Lacey, a retired military man who's been playing hard to get. Perhaps they may get chummier as they share a common interest, like a murder investigation. Though numerous village ladies are devestated by Dr Bladen's death, other people- including his divorced wife- feel its good ridance. All agree, however, that Agatha would be well advised to let sleeping dogs lie- before someone else meets death by accident...

• ISBN10: 1841195391
• ISBN13: 9781841195391
• Publish Date: 29 August 2002 (first published 1 August 1993)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 26 July 2007
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Constable
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

Not as good as the first book. I would've given this 4 stars but the whole bumbling romance part of the plot really put me off. I think it's because she went from being an assertive, confident woman in the first book to slowly sliding down the maudlin damsel-in-distress stereotype that I despise. Overall, the plot wasn't that well-rounded either. The whodunit took a back seat to all of Agatha's mooning, and I couldn't keep the suspects straight. The plot resolution was not so much solved as explained by the killer.

A fun read, but I don't see the series going anywhere. This will probably be the last book I read from this series.

[wyvernfriend]

Second in the Agatha Raisin series. Agatha and many other women fancy the local vet so when he turns up dead there are a lot of suspects. Agatha is somewhat modern Miss Marple that somehow just doesn't ring all that true. Not my favourite detective series but not the worst either.