<div><div>Agatha Raisin is lonely. Busy as she is with her detective agency and the meetings of the Carsely Ladies&#8217; Society, she still misses her ex-husband, James Lacey. So when he suddenly resurfaces and invites her on holiday at a surprise location, she&#8217;s ready to go yesterday. With visions of a romantic hideaway in Italy or the Pacific dancing in her head, Agatha sets off with James to...Snoth-on-Sea, in Sussex. While James may have fond memories of boyhood holidays there, the once-grand Palace Hotel is in shambles and freezing cold&#8212;as are fellow guests and newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Jankers, who pick a fight with Agatha one night. Just as she and James prepare to flee to warmer climes, Geraldine Jankers is found dead on the beach&#8230;strangled with Agatha&#8217;s scarf. So much for holiday fantasies: For Agatha, trouble has a way of following her even when romance does not&#8230;<br><b>&nbsp;</b><br></div></div>