Agatha Raisin: There Goes the Bride

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a b "My Conversation With Ashley Jensen About The Acorn TV Original Agatha Raisin Series Two Movie Debuting Monday". WIXC. 17 November 2018 . Retrieved 3 December 2018.

The wealthy Phyllis Tamworthy plans to give her entire estate, including the local village, to a charitable foundation. Fearing the reactions from Satanist villagers and her disinherited children, she hires Agatha to protect her. Meanwhile, Roy is attempting to organize Agatha's Christmas. Agatha's character in the TV series, as played by Ashley Jensen, is notably different to her depiction in the novels: she is less bitter and more vulnerable than the version in the books. [5] Other characters from the novels and some of the relationships between them are also notably different in the TV series, making the cast more of an ensemble. [5] Novels [ edit ] Toni Gilmour - hired detective at Agatha's agency, very beautiful, aged eighteen. Agatha is envious of her good looks. This all leads to complications, as is usual with Agatha, and then, before the wedding takes place the first murder is committed. Others follow, as they always do wherever Agatha ventures, and despite the warnings of Bill Wong Agatha is determined to find out who is behind them, with the help of some of her young assistants at her detective agency. Incidentally, she is jealous of one of them, Toni, because she is young and pretty and when cases are reviewed in the press it is always Toni who the press want to photograph ... this does not go down well with vain Agatha.Genzlinger, Neil (7 August 2016). "Review: For 'Agatha Raisin,' Playing Detective in an English Village". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 21 July 2021. The stage is all set for the wedding of the year between James and his Welsh fiancee, 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.

At one point in 'There Goes the Bride', Agatha Raisin's policeman friend Bill Wong says, 'I should think you've enough work on your hands at the moment ... Just let the police get on with their job.' There's as much chance of that happening as there is of Agatha resisting the charms of any man who chooses to flirt with her.Beaton, M. C. (1996). Agatha Raisin and the potted gardener (1sted.). New York. ISBN 0804113599. OCLC 29953383. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) The competition to be crowned winner of the Carsely Jam-Off has always been fierce, but when the prize jam is poisoned, leading to the death of a judge, things may finally have gone a step too far. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Agatha resolves to restore the competition's name.