There may be trouble ahead...so will Agatha face the music? Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then walks in wealthy divorcee Catherine Laggat-Brown, and Agatha is given her first real case. Death threats, blackmail and physical attack soon follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues and showing friends and enemies alike what Raisin Investigations can do! Praise for the "Agatha Raisin" series: 'A potent cocktail of satire, mystery and adventure that will leave you wanting more' - Myshelf.com. 'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure' - Anne Robinson. 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' - "Publishers Weekly". 'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine' - "Booklist".
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'A potent cocktail of satire, mystery and adventure that will
leave you wanting more.' -- Myshelf.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
leave you wanting more.' -- Myshelf.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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M.C. Beaton was born in Scotland. She worked for many years as a journalist on Fleet Street. As well as the bestselling Agatha Raisin series, she is the author of the acclaimed Hamish Macbeth mysteries. She divides her time between the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely, and Paris.
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I am new to Agatha Raisin so I got this on a bit of a whim plus the existing reviews were very good.
I love audiobooks because they are something I can listen to while I am ironing or cooking to pass the time quicker. I did attempt to listen to them in bed for a while but I kept on nodding off and then losing my place.
Anyway, my Agatha Raisin CDs arrived just before we went on holiday. I copied the files over to my ipod (I have a brilliant little app called Audiobook and Podcast Player which has better controls than the bog standard ipod player) and I had something to listen to on the journey.
Right from the start I was captivated. Audiobooks can be a hit and miss affair depending on the narrator and I've listened to some which are really dull. Not so with this! Penelope Keith has a glorious voice to listen to - she 'acts' out the parts so well. I loved the audiobook as soon as it started and was sad when it finished.
Since listening to the Deadly Dance, I've purchased more Agatha Raisin books - some in audiobook version and some on the Kindle because I like reading books as well as listening to them.
If you've never tried Agatha Raisin books or audiobooks before - you're in for a treat.
I love audiobooks because they are something I can listen to while I am ironing or cooking to pass the time quicker. I did attempt to listen to them in bed for a while but I kept on nodding off and then losing my place.
Anyway, my Agatha Raisin CDs arrived just before we went on holiday. I copied the files over to my ipod (I have a brilliant little app called Audiobook and Podcast Player which has better controls than the bog standard ipod player) and I had something to listen to on the journey.
Right from the start I was captivated. Audiobooks can be a hit and miss affair depending on the narrator and I've listened to some which are really dull. Not so with this! Penelope Keith has a glorious voice to listen to - she 'acts' out the parts so well. I loved the audiobook as soon as it started and was sad when it finished.
Since listening to the Deadly Dance, I've purchased more Agatha Raisin books - some in audiobook version and some on the Kindle because I like reading books as well as listening to them.
If you've never tried Agatha Raisin books or audiobooks before - you're in for a treat.
40 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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I like the Agatha Raisin books and have grown to like this fiesty heroine. In earlier books she is very sure of herself but is beginning to realise that she also may have failings which makes her more believable. In this book Agatha opens her own detective agency which quickly takes off. She very rapidly moves from finding cats to finding murderers. The book is positively littered with dead bodies and you never know what is going to happen next. I was kept guessing until the last minute, and the twists and turns made me want to keep reading. For those of you who like Agatha Raisin this is a good one. For those of you who have not, then start with any of them, including this one. I really enjoyed this and would like others to enjoy it too.
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I have become a real MC Beaton fan. Having discovered the amazing Agatha Raisin quite by accident, I also found the author's wonderful Edwardian Murder Mysteries set of four books at Christmas and read them all voraciously at a rate of practically 1 per day. Beaton has a marvellous way with words and reading her mysteries is exceedingly easy. Penelope Keith's fantastic voice make listening just as easy as reading - plus there is the added bonus of being able to enjoy another gripping mystery when circumstances prevent the reading of it (e.g. whilst driving!)
If you a fan of a nice light-hearted mystery then this will be one for you. The crimes are not totally sanitised but are certainly not the glorified gory and darkly disturbing murders that you might come across elsewhere. Agatha is again her amazing self and Penelope Keith is perfect in her pitching of the female amateur sleuth.
Simply wonderful!
If you a fan of a nice light-hearted mystery then this will be one for you. The crimes are not totally sanitised but are certainly not the glorified gory and darkly disturbing murders that you might come across elsewhere. Agatha is again her amazing self and Penelope Keith is perfect in her pitching of the female amateur sleuth.
Simply wonderful!
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