Agatha Raisin e l'insopportabile ficcanaso

I honestly don't know why I continue to read this series. Almost every single person is unpleasant, INCLUDING the main character. The whole feeling of the series is uncomfortable, itchy and irritable - it's like wearing a too-tight sweater. I guess because they take place in a Cotswold village, I ke Leggi tutto

Another great Beaton book with the irascible Agatha Raisin at it again. A number of murders are investigated in this book with more time passing than usual and, consequently, a mystery a bit more complex than those in the past. A new addition to the detective agency adds another dimension. There's a Leggi tutto

Read them! All of them. All 23. They are simply fabulous! I love them and love Agatha Raisin. The stories are set in the English Cotswolds - which is where I'm from, so that makes them extra special, but I cannot recommend them highly enough. If you want to read about an opinionated, outspoken, head Leggi tutto

Although Marion Chesney/M. C. Beaton has long been one of my favorite authors, I had not tried her Agatha Raisin books. Shocking, I know! I've read all her Regency romances multiple times, and ditto Hamish Macbeth (okay, just once for all of them, except for A Highland Christmas). So with great deli Leggi tutto

Will Agatha and Charles actually end up together??? Once again Agatha finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation.... she also managed to get the swine flu.... there was a lot going on in this book, and ultimately all of it was over Christmas lights..... when I pick up a book in the series Leggi tutto

This was a bit messy even for an Agatha Raisin. The pattern seems to be now; 1 - The main event (murder) 2 - “Investigation” with zero focus other than bouncing around the general surroundings and people. 3 - The second event (very often murder) 4 - Solution of second event (often, not always unrelate Leggi tutto

I took this one down a star as it is very snobbish about Christmas lights so I did not like that. It is really just 2 and one half stars so read a different book about Agatha Raisin. It did make me feel cooler so if it is too hot where you are it can help you to feel cooler. I also felt oddly sad fo Leggi tutto

This book reminded me of the time I made the mistake of getting my lady parts waxed at a nail salon: thoroughly and unnecessarily unpleasant. I wanted it to end. But it just didn't. Not for quite some time. Every small action was drawn out. And just when I would see a glimmer of hope that the whole