After rain the good weather! Agatha Raisin is now well settled in her cottage in Carsely with her two cats. The icing on the pudding, the new village veterinarian does not seem insensitive to his charms. When the handsome vet succumbs to an injection of tranquilizer intended for a restive horse, the local police concludes that an unfortunate accident has taken place. But for Agatha, whose flair helped solve the case of La Quiche fatale, it is indeed a murder. to everyone's astonishment, the attractive Colonel James Lacey for once shares the opinion of his enterprising neighbor. And our two amateur detectives embark on a much more perilous investigation than they imagined...