M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (1993)

     M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (1993) This time, a new vet with googly eyes and a smooth manner disturbs the ladies of Carsely, until he is murdered. Agatha finds out that he has conned loadsadough out of his smitten victims, and of course has made enough enemies that the field of suspects is satisfyingly large, his partner among them. Both lust and money figure in the motives. Plotting is creaky, style is slapdash and superficial; Beaton is simply churning out this series. Agatha’s continuing romance with her neighbour and sleuthing partner James Lacey is tied into the plot, but isn’t really necessary. *½ (2004)