Marina Morpurgo Book order (chronological)

Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their village of Sumpton Harcourt. They struggle to see the road ahead - but then screech to a halt. Right in front of them, aglow in the headlights of their car, a body hangs from a lightning-blasted tree at the edge of town. But it's not suicide; Margaret Darby, an elderly spinster of the parish, has been murdered - and the villagers are bewildered as to who would commit such a crime, and why. Agatha Raisin rises to the occasion, delighted to have some excitement back in her life as if truth be told, she was getting bored of the long run of lost cats and divorces on the books

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her `a shining light'. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancee, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England is at stake.

"Ciao ragazzi, io sono Blasco, sono molto peloso e sembro una pecora, ma discendo dal lupo, anche se nel mio caso non si direbbe proprio! Forse credete che io non parli, ma che abbai soltanto. Invece, come tutti i cani, ho il mio linguaggio, che vi dice se sono felice, se ho paura, se sto per mordervi perché mi avete fatto arrabbiare, se voglio giocare, se voglio essere coccolato, se sono stanco e voglio essere lasciato in pace. La mia vita in mezzo agli umani è molto piacevole e la vostra vita con me e i miei colleghi cani può essere molto dobbiamo solo imparare a conoscerci bene e a rispettarci a vicenda, perché noi siamo degli esseri viventi e non dei giocattoli. Anzi, siamo un po' come dei ragazzini, quindi bisogna saperci prendere. Seguitemi, e vi racconterò le mie avventure. Intanto, una leccatina sul naso, tanto per gradire." Età di da 9 anni.

Former London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn't adjusted to village life. When the town's new vet is found dead in what police call a freak accident, Agatha convinces the hard-to-get James Lacey that playing amateur detective might be fun.

An innocent young woman marries an older widower and tries to carve a place for herself at his family estate, dominated by the bitter memories of his first wife, Rebecca.