M. C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (1996)

     M. C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (1996) Agatha’s wedding to James is stopped when her long-lost drunkard husband Jimmy shows up. A day later Jimmy turns up dead in a ditch, strangled by a man, or so it seems. Wanting to clear themselves of the obvious suspicions, Agatha and James investigate, and turn up a tangled history of blackmail. Further murders complicate the case, but in the end justice triumphs, while true love languishes. Agreeable but not memorable fluff. Beaton can write better (she did in the first couple of books in this series.) *½ (2004)