Agatha Raisin. La quiche letale

Agatha Raisin is one of my favorite cozy Character, she is not particularly likable until you get to know her and she tends to spout off whatever enters her mind. Having retired from a successful career in advertising she has set out to fulfill her childhood dream of going from poverty stricken city Leggi tutto

Este libro es una lectura ideal para quienes disfrutaban de los misterios protagonizados por Miss Marple o por Jessica Fletcher. Agatha Raisin es una publicista de mediana edad que, por fin, consigue el dinero suficiente como para retirarse y abandonar Londres para vivir en una bucólica región de In Leggi tutto

Through one of those odd coincidences in life, I actually made my first quiche while I was listening to this book. It killed no one. <--very happy with that result, tbh I've heard of Agatha Raisin but didn't realize she was such a phenomenon in the cozy mystery world. 30 something books, I think? Thi Leggi tutto

What a pleasant surprise! I wasn't exactly going into this one thinking that I would enjoy it as much as I did. Please keep in mind that this book was originally published in 1992 so all the elements don't exactly age very well. The Quiche of Death is the first in the Agatha Raisin series and follows Leggi tutto

In an Agatha Christie book the vicar would have called, not to mention some retired colonel and his wife. All conversation (here) seemed limited to “Mawnin’,” “Afternoon,” or talk about the weather. For the first time in her life, she knew loneliness, and it frightened her. The Quiche of Death follow Leggi tutto