Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin 14) - M.C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin - Marriage or Murder?

Advantages: easy to read mystery novel
Disadvantages: it's Agatha but not Christie...

agent who has retired from London to live in the Cotswolds. She is the creation of Marion Chesney who goes by the pen name of M C Beaton. Beaton's first novel starring Agatha Raisin was called Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death which was published in 1992 in which Agatha Raisin is supposed to be about 53 years of age. In Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage it is unknown how many years on this is from the first book but as far as I could gather it's maybe a year or two at the most. I found it quite interesting to read that a woman of 55 still has the same insecurities (no matter how unfounded) about men, love and her looks as a woman might have in her 20s, 30s and 40s. It was amusing to read how jealous Agatha feels whenever they're in the middle of looking into something relating to the case and another woman is involved. No ...

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Review of Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage - M.C. Beaton

Is Agatha Raisin a Terrible Tourist?

Advantages: first book in the series to be set outside of the UK
Disadvantages: one dimensional characters

Raisin and the Love from Hell (2001) * Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (2002) * Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate (2003) * Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (2003) * Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (2004) * Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon 2005) * Love, Lies and Liquor: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2006) * Kissing Christmas Goodbye: An Agatha Raisin mystery (2007) * Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison (2008) I think I'd be content to give this Agatha Raisin book 7 out of 10 overall. It was an enjoyable enough read and quite a comfortable read in that there were often references made back to Agatha Raisin's home in Carsely when many of the other books in the series are set. NB: M C Beaton is also well known for writing the Hamish McBeth stories which were televised starring Robert Carlyle. ...

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Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

Advantages: enjoyable
Disadvantages: none

I have found another excellent series of crime stories to read.These are books by M C Beaton and it is the Agatha Raisin series.She is the main character of the book and this is the first book which introduces the scene. The author tells us that Agatha Raisin retired from her job and she was in her mid fifties. She had a hankering to return back to the Cotswolds to live after last being there when she was a child and had a holiday there and she always wanted to go back there.So she brought a cottage down there and it was in a place called Carsley.We are gradually inntroduced to the characters James Lacey who was the retired colonel who takes Agatha's adoration and could get rather jealous at times. Sir Charles Fraith who had a couple flings with Agatha and also she gave him a key to her cottage. Her cleaner Dora Simpson who was always ...

ruth1957 05.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M C Beaton