Toni Gilmour

* Television series
* Book series

**Toni Gilmour** is one of the main characters in the *Agatha Raisin* book series and subsequent television adaptation.

She is a junior detective at Agatha Raisin's detective agency, where her photographic memory makes her a key asset.

She is portrayed by Jodie Tyack.

## Biography

### Television series

Never lasting more than three weeks in a job, Toni had previously worked in debt collection and in rent collection for the council. (TV: *Agatha Raisin & the Haunted House*)

#### Season 3

Toni took over from her cousin, Gemma Simpson, as Agatha Raisin's cleaner despite being unsuited for the job. After demonstrating her photographic memory, Agatha invited Toni to work for her at the detective agency. As many of the villagers didn't yet know Toni, she was particularly useful for going undercover. She was able to sneak into Barfield House's collection of historical architectural plans and memorise the blueprints of Ivy Hall for Agatha's investigation. (TV: *Agatha Raisin & the Haunted House*)

Whilst investigating the murder of Melissa Sheppard, Toni found the victim's book manuscript that reports autobiographically about her drug withdrawal and her love for "Jimi". (TV: *Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell*)

When the Winter Parva fayre's suckling pig was replaced with a human torso, Toni and Roy tried to find out where the suckling pig came from by interviewing two brothers who worked at "Hollies Farm Shop". (TV: *Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns*)

#### Season 4

To assist Agatha's investigation of Phyllis Tamworthy's murder, Toni and Charles infiltrated a pagan clan in Lower Tapor. After the case was, Toni passed her driving test. (TV: *Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye*)

When Agatha was accused of murder whilst on a getaway in Snoth-on-Sea, Toni and Roy checked into the Palace Hotel undercover to find out more about the victim's son, Wayne Weldon, and his girlfriend, Chelsea. After discovering a possible connection between the recent murder and a long-forgotten jewellery heist, Toni and Roy set off looking for the victim's criminal ex-husband, Ronnie Black, who had been released early from his prison sentence due to illness. The pair were able to track him down in Snoth and follow him to the hotel, only for the killer to stab him to death in the hotel's catacombs before Agatha could question him. (TV: *Agatha Raisin: Love, Lies & Liquor*)

### Book series

Having recently finished school and tiring of her job at the local pharmacy, Toni was interested when she saw Agatha Raisin's ad in the paper for a trainee detective position at her detective agency. After witnessing the way many other applicants had left their interviews with Agatha, she determined that none of them had been successful and therefore she might stand a chance if she were to turn up last when Agatha was desperate to fill the position. During her interview, Toni noticeably stood out from her teenage peers and showed great initiative. Agatha hired her for the job. (BOOK: *Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye*)

Toni visited Winter Parva with Agatha to attend the village's festive hog roast. As the spit pig was carried towards the bed of fiery charcoal, Toni and Agatha – along with the rest of the village – realised that things weren't as they seemed; it quickly transpired that the spit pig was in fact Gary Beech, a policeman not much loved in Winter Parva. Gary’s ex-wife hired Toni to investigate his murder. (BOOK: *Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns*)

## Physical Appearance

### Book series

Toni is a natural blonde, with pale-blue eyes and thick eyelashes. She has a slim figure. (BOOK: *Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye*)

## Appearances

* 3.01 - Agatha Raisin & the Haunted House
* 3.02 - Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance
* 3.03 - Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell
* 3.04 - Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns

**Season 4 (4/4)**
* 4.01 - Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
* 4.02 - Agatha Raisin: Love, Lies & Liquor
* 4.03 - Agatha Raisin & a Spoonful of Poison
* 4.04 - Agatha Raisin: There Goes the Bride
* 18 - Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
* 19 - Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison
* 20 - Agatha Raisin: There Goes the Bride
* 22 - Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns
* 24 - Agatha Raisin: Something Borrowed, Someone Dead
* 27 - Agatha Raisin: Pushing up Daisies
* 30 - Agatha Raisin: Beating About the Bush
* 31 - Agatha Raisin: Hot to Trot
* 33 - Agatha Raisin and the Devil's Delight

## Trivia

* Toni was aged seventeen during her first appearance in the series. (BOOK: *Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye*)
* She lives in a housing estate in Mircester with her mum and her brother. (BOOK: *Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye*)
* Toni is eight years younger than her cousin Gemma Simpson. (TV: *Agatha Raisin & the Haunted House*)

## Gallery

* Episode stills
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