Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came

 Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton (2002) 213 pages

This was my first time reading an M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin mystery. Agatha is divorced and listless, and finally goes on a vacation to try to forget that her husband left her to join a monastery and that her good friend went to France to get married without inviting her. When she returns home to her cottage in England, floodwaters cause grave problems, and as an onlooker on a bridge, she sees a dead bride floating down the river. She recognizes the young woman as someone she'd seen before. She puts on disguises and says she's planning a television documentary, in order to gain access to people the woman knew, to learn more about the bride's life.

Meanwhile, Agatha has a new neighbor named John, a divorced author who all the village ladies want to get to know. Agatha intrigues him because she's not overtly trying to snag him, even though perhaps she is. John tries to help Agatha gain information, but he's more ethical than she is, which makes for some awkward situations.