High-flying PR whiz Agatha Raisin leaves London to retire to the quiet, picturesque Cotswold village of Carsely. Entering a local competition she somehow finds herself the prime suspect of murder and by launching her own investigation to clear her name. Agatha accidentally becomes an amateur sleuth. As Agatha settles in to the village and the life she always dreamed of, trouble is never far away. Together with her friends Roy and Sir Charles, Agatha solves the village's bizarre murders with panache. Her love life, however, seems to be a mystery too far even for her investigative skills.