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2000s: It can be hell in high water!
2000s: It can be hell in high water!
Drowned brides are like buses: nothing for ages, then two come along at the same time . . . ! Abandoned by husband James, Agatha hops on a plane to the South Pacific, hoping to mend her broken heart. But there she meets a happy honeymooning couple, for whom disaster strikes when, tragically, the bride drowns. Back home, alarm bells start ringing for Agatha when a woman, dressed in a wedding gown, is swept down river. The police say suicide, but Agatha, spurred on by recent memories, particularly her own disastrous marriage, sets out to prove them wrong.
Agatha Raisin lives in a fictional village – Carsely – in the Cotswolds but even though you can’t visit the village, there are plenty of places you can go and walk around as if you were Agatha herself. Just don’t get into quite the same trouble as her, will you?
Some ideas of places to visit:
This is a nice little village. Could it be Carsely?
This is the village where the “Books Yule Love “ bookshop is and where market day is. We can imagine Agatha popping in here! What a lovely name!
This may be the place to go and find out more about the village whilst Agatha gets her hair done in the local hairdressers. The Evesham Road features in the novel.
Visit: almonryevesham.org
This is the village where Agatha and James go for a spot of dinner. Try the Red Bull for real Cotswold charm!
Visit: theredlioninn.org Lower High St, Gloucestershire GL55 6AS
Destination : Cotswolds, Carsely (fictional), Moreton in Marsh Author/Guide: M.C. Beaton Departure Time: 2000s
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