Thursday, January 8, 2009

2009 1st in Series - The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton



Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton

The Quiche of Death is book number one of the Agatha Raisin Mysteries. I originally thought there were three in this series and boy was I wrong! I checked on Amazon yesterday and last I saw they were up to book #18. It might go beyond that but I gave up searching at that point.

I really enjoyed this book. Agatha Raisin is a smart, pushy, no nonsense kinda gal. In other words....LOVE HER! This was very easy reading as it took me all of a day to get through the book. Agatha is a very lovable character. The situations she gets herself into are always good for a laugh. If you like light mysteries, I highly recommend this book.

Here is a summary from Amazon.com about the book:

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...

2 comments:

  1. I think the Amazon summary's use of food metaphors is pretty funny!

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  2. So have you consumed Maguire's Oz triology? I read Wicked a year ago and while slow, LOVED it! Then was psyched to see he'd come out with a follow-up: Son of a Witch--also yummo. For Xmas, I was gifted the 3rd which came last fall: Lion Among Men. My hope is that so many questions from both Wicked and Son of, will be answered and I can sleep peaceful again. I just love it when I get crazy-insane over a series!

    Love your blog

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