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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)

M.C. Beaton

Start date: August 1, 2018

Finish date: August 31, 2018

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Aug 28, 2018 Anita rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-cozy, kindle-libby-city

I have really enjoyed the PBS Mystery series based on theses books so I decided to read the series. I find that Agatha Raisin is just a tad to abrasive for my taste. I enjoy a good self-possessed female central character, but this is a little much for me. The plot was what you would expect from a modern English mystery and I loved the view of rural England presented, I just don't think I'll continue the series.

Agatha Raisin has sold her successful London PR firm to retire to the country. Only o ...more

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Dec 12, 2020 Kris (My Novelesque Life) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: humour, elibrary, reread, female-detective, audiobook, mystery, small-town, cozy, britain, made-into-a-tv-series

RATING: 3 STARS

A decade or so ago, I heard a BBC adaptation for Agatha Raisin, and it caught my attention. I loved the humour and found Agatha amusing. A "modern" Miss Marple if you will. I decided to try the novel a few years later, and it wasn't as great as the radio play. It lacked the humour that the narrator had. I think I read one more novel and never came back to it. Years later, the series was adapted into an Acorn TV series and I loved it. I love the actor's portrayal of the characters ...more

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Sep 09, 2016 Judy Hall rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-book-club, books-read-in-2016

Agatha Raisin has had it with fighting and scraping. She has decided on early retirement to the Cotswolds, a dream from her childhood. She sells her business, buys a cottage in the village of Carsely and decamps to the country. She's bored in days. She also feels like an outsider in the insular community so she hatches a plan to fit in. She's going to enter a Quiche in the annual contest. To be sure she wins she goes back to the city and buys a spinach quiche from the best bakery in town to ente ...more

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Jul 16, 2014 Kris (My Novelesque Life) rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, fiction, contemporary, cozy, britain, made-into-a-tv-series

RATING: 3 STARS

A cute cozy mystery but I am not sure about Agatha, as she can be trying at times. I am also not enjoying the possible romance with Lacey.

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Aug 28, 2019 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019-books-read, cozy-mystery

The author sure tries hard to convince us that Agatha is not a pleasant person, but underneath it all is something that draws you in. You find yourself smiling at her brash attitude and complete lack of self-awareness. She does things the way she likes and doesn’t really have much consideration, but she also is funny and adorably curmudgeonly as well.

The mystery itself was a little drawn out, but for the first in a series I’m more forgiving because of all the characters to introduce and setting ...more

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Jan 02, 2009 Susan rated it liked it

I have to say that I was surprised I liked this one. At first I was undecided as to wether I would finish it but as I got more into the characters I decided I really liked it. Funny and quick witted.

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