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  • Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

  • Agatha Raisin, Book 2
  • By: M. C. Beaton
  • Narrated by: Diana Bishop
  • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,623 ratings)

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Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Diana Bishop
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In the delightful Cotswold village of Carsely, the air is heady with romance. Agatha Raisin is convinced that the new vet has taken a shine to her. But before she can get anywhere, handsome Dr. Paul Bladen is accidentally killed while attending to Lord Pendlebury’s horse. So was it really an accident? All the evidence points that way, but the circumstances are decidedly suspicious....

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Good Book, Disappointing Narrator

Agatha Raisin is back in the village of Carsely, after spending a holiday abroad. She's determined to snag the heart of neighbor, James Lacey. However when James doesn't return her advances, Agatha catches the eye of the new vet, Paul Bladen. However before a romance can truly begin, Paul Bladen, turns up dead. Despite it being ruled as an accident, Agatha is certain that it is murder, and drags James Lacey along to help investigate. Agatha hopes to not only make James fall in love with her, but solve the murder too!

Oh Agatha, how I love thee! You are spunky, speak your mind and are behaving like a boy-crazy middled aged woman! It's impossible not to like Agatha with her zest for life. This time she has romance on the mind as she chases vet, Paul Bladen, and retired Colonel, James Lacey. Of course when it doesn't go her way she stamps her feet and becomes more determined.

This series has such a great colorful cast of characters, and it was great to see many of them returning in the second book. I would have liked to have seen more of the Carsely Ladies Society, but I'm sure they will be popping up in the next book too.

This audiobook flew by in a torrent of enjoyable goings on in the village, as Agatha and James try to solve the murder. Before I knew it the murder was solved and the audio was finished, leaving me wanting to grab the next one.

The first book in this series was narrated by Penelope Keith, and this second one was narrated by Diana Bishop. I really wished they hadn't changed narrators. Where Penelope was great and expressed all the color of the characters of Carsely, Diana fell flat for me. At times I had a hard time distinguishing the voices and it was really the story that pulled me through to the end of the book, with no help from the narrator. If you are a cozy mystery fan, this is a such a great series and I intend to continue on. The next in the series is narrated by Penelope Keith, and I can't wait!

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Very Entertaining

I truly enjoyed this book. Agatha is funny, brilliant and brave. I enjoyed her interactions with both Bill Wong and James Lacey. I hope to see more of this trio in the next book.

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Wonderful little repast

Characters with sufficient depth, a fun story with enough turns to keep it moving. The performance is well done with well defined characters and mood.

Recommended

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Always amusing

Never am I bored with Agatha Raisin!! Wonderful story to listen to. You will not be disappointed

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well satisfied

This series is good. i get such a kick out of the personality of Agatha Raisin. I just wish her love life would get better ha ha

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Agatha's antics make me laugh out loud!

If you love the dry, iconic English wit and dream of living in the Cotswolds and completely mixing your manners and solving whodunits (that really are good mysteries) you will have great fun with Agatha. If you don't long for anything above, I still feel you'll have a great time! My favorite light reading out of hundreds of audio books.

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I'm a new fan

Would you listen to Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet again? Why?

Oh yes! This was a fun book and I loved the characters especially Agatha.

Have you listened to any of Diana Bishop’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Second one and she's great!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh and want to read EVERYTHING by this author with Agatha in it.

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Love Aggie

It’s the characters and humor. It’s just a fun escape from the day to day

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Good plot disappointing ending

The plot was good and the characters interesting, but I wish more had worked out for the star
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Great story, lackluster reader

Please Audible, only let Dame Penelope Kieth do the narration for this series. The way to know which character was speaking was waiting the reader to tell us. There was hardly any character distinction. Very boring. Penelope Kieth is the best. Please bring her version to Audible

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