Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex- husband James Lacey invites her on a seaside vacation; but to Agatha's horror, James' idea of a holiday desti¬nation is a small, rundown town called Snoth-on-Sea. And when a woman staying in the same hotel as Agatha and James is murdered, Agatha's notoriously prickly demeanor soon gets her into trouble—as she's quickly pegged as the prime suspect.

If Agatha can't solve this murder in time, she'll be meddling in all her future cases from the inside of a prison cell!