Pre-Prodcution- Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet

I am currently looking to adapt Agatha Raisin and The Vicious Vet written by M.C.Beaton in 1993, this is the second book in the Agatha Raisin series. The series has a few book genres but can be classed under crime or cosy crime, they follow Agatha Raisin as she unwittingly stumbles into murder investigations, many times putting herself in danger.

This is the description on Amazon-

Agatha lets sleeping vets lie...

Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is enjoying life in her pretty Cotswold village of Carsely. It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is killed in an accident with Lord Pendlebury's horse. Only the circumstances are rather suspicious.

Agatha decides she must once more play amateur investigator. And this cloud has a silver lining - she can persuade her usually stand-offish neighbour, James Lacey, to become her partner in the quest. As usual, Agatha is quite prepared to rush in, heedless of the lurking menace to both James and herself.

To create the script for this I will need to go through the book and change the chapter into different scenes, making sure the key components of the story is portrayed for the audience. I want to keep the humour of the books but then have the serious tones of the death and murder.

While looking into the adapting the work I have emailed the publishers of the book in order to contact the author- 

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am contacting you as I am a University student at the University for the Creative Arts, my final project is a hypothetical adaptation of the book Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet. I would like to interview/ask question to the author M.C. Beaton as I would like her perspective on the novels and adaptations of her books. I have chosen to adapter one of her novels as the story lines are entertaining and intelligent.

Yours Sincerely,

Roxanne Meats