Agatha Raisin - Il prestito fatale

In this 24th book in the 'Agatha Raisin' series, the private detective is on the trail of a poisoner. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** People who live in the Cotswold village of Piddlebury are gracious when newcomer Gloria French - who always helps out at church and reads to the elderly - a Leggi tutto

3.5* This is the first i have read from this series. I found it good fun. I mean theres more murders and scandal squashed into this than i imagined 😂. A few occasions i burst out laughing reading it from just picturing in my head this playing out. This is also a tv series and i feel i must watch it Leggi tutto

Review of a Netgalley review copy. I read the first five books in the series several years ago, and did enjoy them, but found the formula a little tedious after a while and stopped. Asked to review the latest in the series I was interested to see where the series had gone. Nothing much has changed. It Leggi tutto

This book was a big disappointment. It took me forever to read, mainly because it just didn't hold my interest. I have to wonder if M. C. Beaton is still writing the Agatha Raisin series or if she has a ghost writer. I've noticed that the last few Agatha books are lacking in good storylines, well-de Leggi tutto

This is the first book I have read in the Agatha Raisin series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing is lighthearted despite the dark topic. I am going to start seeking out more of the series. I look forward to sinking my teeth into more of Agathas lighthearted detective work.

Reading Agatha Raisin is like paying a visit to an old friend. She's feisty, prickly, yet has a big heart.

I skimmed through most of this, because the stories are pretty much identical now. In fact, you could start a drinking game for this series for every time the same idea or phrase pops up. Try this list: Take a drink every time… Agatha yells, ‘Snakes and Bastards!’ Charles ‘forgets’ his wallet. Agatha pu Leggi tutto

This was an improvement over the last book in the series, though still not as engaging as the first few titles. Agatha has become a pastiche of herself, she and the other characters continue to behave in baffling ways, responding to one another as if each one (aside, of course, from Mrs. Bloxby) is