Agatha Raisin and The Blood of an Englishman written by M.C. Beaton performed by Penelope Keith on Audio CD (Unabridged)

Even though Agatha Raisin loathes Christmas panto, her friend, Mrs Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local am dram society in their festive offering. Stifling a yawn at the production of Babes in the Wood, Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten onstage until a trapdoor opens, followed by a scream and silence! Surely this wasn't the way the scene...

was rehearsed. When it turns out the local baker had been murdered most horribly, Agatha puts her team of detectives on the case.