Agathan Raisin and hiss and hers - M. C. Beaton

Agatha has fallen in love - again. This time it's the local gardener,
George Marston, she has her eye on. But competition for his attention
abounds.
With her shameless determination Agatha will do anything to
get her man - including footing the bill for a charity ball in town just
for the chance to dance with him. But when George is a no-show Agatha
goes looking for him - and finds he has been murdered, having been
bitten by a poisonous snake and buried in a compost heap.


Agatha
and the rest of her crew plunge into an investigation and discover that
George had quite a complicated love life. And if Agatha now can't have
George, at least she can have the satisfaction of confronting those
women who have and finding a murderer in the process.

Praise for the Agatha Raisin series:

'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem'
Publishers Weekly

'Clever red herrings and some
wicked unfinished business guarantees that the listener will pant for a
sequel'
The Times (audio review)