Agatha Raisin

Agatha, Roy, and Sarah attend the Fruit Preserve Festival, where Charles and James are two of the judges for the jam competition, and DCI Wilkes is one of the competitors. After a few rounds of tastings, however, the judges start to act out, hallucinating-and Dr. Stevens, believing she can fly, jumps from the roof. DCI Wilkes employs Agatha to find the killer, as he's currently in the frame.

The police believe the latest death was an accident, but Agatha uncovers a possible connection to an earlier tragedy that may provide clues to the motive in this case. Meanwhile, Agatha's new flame turns out to have an incendiary effect at the funeral, where all manner of secrets come to light-and that's before Agatha gets herself into a jam that could prove fatal.

The stage is all set for the wedding of the year between James and his Welsh fiancée, Eirwen, but nothing ever goes to plan in Carsely. First, an unfortunate paintballing mishap leaves the couple splattered in their finery. But ruined attire matters little when Eirwen is shot dead the night before the wedding, and Agatha must take on the case to clear James's name.

Having lost their lead, Agatha and the gang go back to their list of suspects. Could Eirwen's murder be connected to the family business? Or were her two prior fiancés somehow involved? As Agatha looks closer at all these tangled relationships, she realizes that someone may have been unwilling to part from Eirwen-except by death.