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Although I didn't at first warm up to Agatha Raisin, she began to grow on me by the end of the book, rather like the village of Carsely grew on Agatha. So, I will continue with the series, as I see some fun reading possibilities in this comfy mystery story. I love Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series set in Scotland, and I can ascertain the same quirkiness I enjoy in those books in the Agatha Raisin ones.
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M.C. Beaton’s Quiche of Death not only introduced her now beloved heroine Agatha Raisin but it also kicked off my 2009 reading year. It did both with a bang.
For over eighty years readers and TV fans have shown a love for the idea of a spunky mature woman solving murders between baking pies for the church social or county fair. From Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple (1927 – 1976) to Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on CBS’s Murder She Wrote (1984-1996) fans eagerly awaited the next book or episode ...more
For over eighty years readers and TV fans have shown a love for the idea of a spunky mature woman solving murders between baking pies for the church social or county fair. From Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple (1927 – 1976) to Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on CBS’s Murder She Wrote (1984-1996) fans eagerly awaited the next book or episode ...more
This was a quick read. I have read several other books in this series but it was good seeing where Agatha came from and how she ended up in the small village of Carsley in the Cotswolds of England. Agatha has a hard time fitting into village life where even her neighbor, who has lived there for 20 years, was considered an incomer. In an attempt to fit in she enters a local baking contest, doesn't matter that she doesn't know how to cook, so she just buys a quiche from her favorite Greek restrain
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More of a 2.5 than 3. Just never really drew me in...
May 31, 2017
Marie (UK)
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lovely easy read
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