"St. Martin's Press hardcover edition [published] December 2001"--T.p. verso.
Summary
Agatha Raisin soon finds her newly married life in shambles when she suspects that her husband James is having an affair, and when he disappears, leaving only a bloodstain behind, Agatha finds her investigation interrupted by the murder of Melissa, James's suspected mistress, and Agatha joins forces with Sir Charles to find her husband and catch a killer.