I just got an order from The Mystery Guild, of the latest books in Carolyn Hart's Ghost series (Ghost on the Case), and M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series (Beating about the Bush). I haven't read either of these series in full, though. I read the first Ghost book, but didn't pick it up again until a book or two ago, when Death on Demand was ending. I came to Agatha Raisin late, getting her two first novels in one volume at a bookstore closing clearance sale, and then read through the seventh in the series, but picked it up again a few books ago. I actually really hated the last Agatha Raisin I read (Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer), because everyone was really unpleasant in it, and kept punching each other in the face! I mean, two older ladies showed up on Agatha's doorstep at one point, and when she answered the door, one of them punched her! And the whole book was like that. But I decided to give her another chance. If this book is the same, I may give up. Agatha has never been the most pleasant of characters, but that last one was just overdoing it. Hope this one is better!