Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her town.
The stage is all set for the wedding of the year between James and his Welsh fiancée, Eirwen, but nothing ever goes to plan in Carsely; Eirwen is shot dead the night before the wedding, and Agatha must take on the case to clear James's name.
Agatha, Roy, and Sarah attend the Fruit Preserve Festival; Charles and James are two of the judges for the jam competition; DCI Wilkes is one of the competitors; after a few rounds of tastings, the judges start to act out.
When James whisks Agatha away on a seaside trip to work on his new book, the last thing she expects is to end up in a town called Snoth-on-Sea, the getaway goes from bad to worse when they're greeted by protesters at the hotel.
Agatha is hired to protect a woman from her ghosts of Christmas past, but when her client is found dead, Agatha has a murder investigation on her hands.
