
It turns out she is unbalanced and devious, with a vindictive nature when slighted.

She has retired from the Ministry of Defence, where she has survived a Superglue investigation when she sabotages a popular colleagues’ computer. Her new neighbour in what was James Lacey's cottage, Emma Comfrey, applies for the job of secretary in the office, and, uncharacteristically assertive, gets it. In Paris on holiday Agatha is relieved of her wallet in what she calls the Paris Incident, and the attitude of the Paris Police nudges her into setting up her own detective agency. There are three attempts to assassinate her, with two attempts killing another would-be assassin. She sets up her own detective agency, Raisin Investigations, having previously investigated as a hobby. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance is the fifteenth Agatha Raisin mystery novel by Marion Chesney under her pseudonym M.
