{"id":1212,"date":"2019-11-21T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2019-11-21T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T09:00:33","slug":"agatha-raisin-and-the-vicious-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1212","title":{"rendered":"Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1214\" style=\"width: 2736px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31Pcbnm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1214\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/img_2318.jpg\" alt=\"Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet\" width=\"2736\" height=\"3648\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Plot<\/h2>\n<p>Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is killed in an accident with Lord Pendlebury&#8217;s horse.<\/p>\n<p>Only the circumstances are rather suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Agatha decides she must once more play amateur investigator. And this cloud has a silver lining &#8211; she can persuade her usually stand-offish neighbour, James Lacey, to become her partner in the quest. As usual, Agatha is quite prepared to rush in, heedless of the lurking menace to both James and herself.<\/p>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>This story begins with a new vet, Paul Bladen, moving into Carsley. Agatha Raisin, along with all the other ladies in the village decide to check him out&#8230;&#8230;and all suddenly discover &#8220;something wrong&#8221; with their pets.<\/p>\n<p>But all is not as it seems. When he stands Agatha up on a dinner date, she phones his number and a woman answers claiming to be his wife.<\/p>\n<p>And soon Paul is killed in an accident&#8230;&#8230;.or rather he is murdered!<\/p>\n<p>Someone in the village has a tale to tell. But before they can tell it, they are found dead too.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting read that shows how times have changed. Smoking in pubs for example.<\/p>\n<p>Available From <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31Pcbnm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1472120922\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=1472120922&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=eb811a26bda4abbba88d9fb8bea76756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=1472120922&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=1472120922\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Agatha Raisin\u2019s adventures are available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/m-c-beaton-the-agatha-raisin-series\">https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/m-c-beaton-the-agatha-raisin-series<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Like reading Solve the Murder? Support me by buying a coffee.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/CityAdventurers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy me a coffee<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plot Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is killed in an accident with Lord Pendlebury&#8217;s horse. Only the circumstances are rather suspicious. Agatha&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1212\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,225],"tags":[206,295,211],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-murder-mystery-books","category-mystery-books","tag-agatha-raisin","tag-agatha-raisin-and-the-vicious-vet","tag-m-c-beaton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet - Solve The Murder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1212\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet - Solve The Murder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plot Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. 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