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"* 'Agatha Raisin is sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non PC. M C Beaton has created a new national treasure... the stories zing along and are irresistible, unputdownable, a joy. If you buy one book a year, let it be this. Agatha Raisin is The Strongest Link.' - Anne Robinson * 'Beaton's dry sense of humour and her unflattering but affectionate portrait of gruff, often adolescent acting Agatha make this... tale a bloom worth picking.' - --Publishers Weekly
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Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha! Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! - his idea of an idyllic break is the small, run-down resort of Burryhill-on-Sea. And from there on things go from bad to worse, so when a fellow guest in their hotel is found murdered, Agatha herself is chief suspect - and has to solve this case from a locked police cell! Praise for "The Agatha Raisin Series": 'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining...M. C. Beaton has created a national treasure' - Anne Robinson. 'M. C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' - "Publishers Weekly". 'An enchanting series...M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery' - "New York Times Book Review".
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have now read all of the Agatha Raisin novels in the series, this being the 17th! Yes, they are light and easy reading and not to be taken too seriously. They are all equally enjoyable. In my opinion none stand out in particular as the 'best' or 'weakest'. Ideally, they should be read in order of publication, to follow the development of the characters.
Agatha is entertaining and doesn't she remind us, just a bit, of someone we know? A holiday read, a bedtime read. I don't suppose it will ever be on the A' level English Lit syllabus!
Agatha, is funny, politically incorrect, independent but at the same time vulnerable and human, especially where men are concerned!
Read and enjoy. (And if you do take to Agatha try Hamish MacBeth by the same author.)
Agatha is entertaining and doesn't she remind us, just a bit, of someone we know? A holiday read, a bedtime read. I don't suppose it will ever be on the A' level English Lit syllabus!
Agatha, is funny, politically incorrect, independent but at the same time vulnerable and human, especially where men are concerned!
Read and enjoy. (And if you do take to Agatha try Hamish MacBeth by the same author.)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I have read several of the Agatha Raisin books and have enjoyed every one of them. This one is as good as all the others with a storyline which moves along nicely. All the usual characters appear here and several new ones emerge. The characters are as strange as ever, and they have developed over time. I still found myself liking and loathing them in turn which makes them all the more human and believable. The hotel from hell reminds me of some places I have stayed in, in Britain, again making the book all the more real. The basic premise of the tale is that a woman from the hotel (so horrible it is probably doing the world a favour) has been killed. Agatha is like a terrier in finding out who her killer is, with several misadventures on the way. Although light this book is enjoyable and makes a pleasant change from the more grizzly murder mysteries on offer. I would highly recommend it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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While this is still a briliantly funny light read it didn't have the same sheer enjoyment that the earlier books did. I guess I prefer the amateur Agatha more than the private investigator Agatha which is obviously persnal preference.
This was good though on the personal entanglemts with Agatha's love life in its usual hysterical crisis, and that alone makes the book worth reading.
If you're new to the series then don't start here (I still think AR and the quiche of death is unbeatable) but this is still enormous fun.
This was good though on the personal entanglemts with Agatha's love life in its usual hysterical crisis, and that alone makes the book worth reading.
If you're new to the series then don't start here (I still think AR and the quiche of death is unbeatable) but this is still enormous fun.
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Agatha Raisin
I have not actually read this particular book yet but have read and enjoyed many other books in this series
Published 16 days ago by H. Prigmore
Agatha AAAHHH!!!
Yet again our heroine finds herself in the midst of crime, namely death but by what means??
Agatha bumbles her way around, escapes near death herself and finally solves... Read more
Agatha bumbles her way around, escapes near death herself and finally solves... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. La Watts
Product description is incorrect
The 2010 paper back edition, back cover has an incorrect synopsis of the book which is also given as the product description here. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Miss. B
Love ,Lies And Laughing
Ive read all the Agatha Raisin books ... ..And although this isn't one of the best, it still, in parts for me, has some outstanding laugh out loud moments. Read more
Published on 17 April 2010 by Mrs. A. L. Bailey
ALL the Agatha Raisin Books
They are wonderful, when I begin reading one I find it difficult to put it down until it is finished.
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by Mrs. Valerie Casson
Agatha Tries Again with James Lacey and Falls in with Villains
As with Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance and Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon, this book can be read as a standalone if you haven't read the earlier books in the series. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2007 by Donald Mitchell
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