"The honeymoon is most definately ober ofr Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. It's only been a short time since their wedding - and already they aren't getting on. But his wandering eye and her god-awful housekeeping are the least of their problems. Just days after a very public, very ugly marital row, james disappears - and when his mistress is later foudn murdered, he's the prime suspect. Agatha just doesn't but it. Sure, he' a liar and sneaky, low-down cheat. But a murderer? That's bloody impossible! And as some speculate on the role Agatha may have played in his vanishing, the forever feisty Mrs. raisin must piece together the most unsavory parts of the dead woman's past to clear James's name - and her own..."