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Loading... Agatha Raisin and the quiche of deathby Marion Chesney
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This series is a vacation for the mind. Just sit back in your favorite chair with a cup or glass of whatever and enjoy. (  )Francescogan | Jun 18, 2009 |   I just read one of the newer Agatha Raisin books last week and decided to start at the beginning of the series. I liked this book much better and wish I had started here. Agatha is an interesting sleuth: impulsive, quirky and likable There are also a interesting set of characters that she surrounds herself with and that I look forward to see more of in future books. It is a nice British cozy and I will read more in the series. (  )janimar | Apr 18, 2009 | Woman retires to the English countryside and to make friends enters a quiche into the local fair. Unfortunately, the judge dies of mysterious food poisioning tracing back to Agatha's quiche. Very Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher like. (  )Kathy89 | Apr 12, 2009 | A pleasant romp through Cotswald village life. Agatha Raisin retires to a small village, gets involved in village life, and solves a murder. At first I didn't particularly enjoy the book because Agatha was not very likable. However that was quite a bit of the point of the book. She finally realized what was important and became a much kinder and more likable character. M.C. Beaton captures village life beautifully. She doesn't beat you over the head with events or clues and pulls you along with Agatha as she discovers things. Its a fun journey. ( )karenmarie | Nov 22, 2008 | The first book in the series. Have also listened the the BBC play version of this (  )Libbeth | Oct 19, 2008 | 1  |  0.101 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312939167, Mass Market Paperback)Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only snubs her entry—but falls over dead! After her quiche’s secret ingredient turns out to be poison, she must reveal the unsavory truth… Agatha has never baked a thing in her life! In fact, she bought her entry ready-made from an upper crust London quicherie. Grating on the nerves of several Carsely residents, she is soon receiving sinister notes. Has her cheating and meddling landed her in hot water, or are the threats related to the suspicious death? It may mean the difference between egg on her face and a coroner’s tag on her toe… (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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