- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing; paperback / softback edition (23 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845291840
- ISBN-13: 978-1845291846
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 178,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"* 'Anyone interested in a few hours' worth of intelligent, amusing reading will want to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Agatha Raisin.' - The Cleveland Pain Dealer * '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 * 'Engaging' - Booklist"
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the sixth book in the Agatha Raisin series and having read them all so far I believe it to be the best.
At the end of book five Agatha had been left standing at the alter by James Lacey after Agatha's husband had turned up. James flees to North Cyprus (which was going to be their honeymoon destination) and is eventually followed by Agatha who cannot bear not to have contact with James.
Of course a murder of a tourist takes place at a disco and Agatha and James investigate. James is feeling agrieved at being mistreated by the people he has rented his accomodation off and disappears to Turkey in search of him. Agatha is left to solve the murder herself which she does admirably.
On arriving back in Carsley Agatha finds that James as not arrived back and is extremely disappointed. This of course is the end of the book and we are, sadly,left waiting to see what will happen between Agatha and James.
I loved this book and thought there was much more humour to be found than in the others.
To understand the ongoing relationship between Agatha and James I do think it is necessary to read the series from the start, beginning with Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read all of the Agatha Raisin series ,in my humble opinion, this is the most awful episode of them all ..
It is slow,boring and frustrating beyond belief ...
It failed to entertain me throughout and when i finally finished it ,it left me feeling ARGHHHHHH !!!!!What was the point in all that ....
The story seems rushed and not very well thought out and one of those quick pen to paper jobs ...a filler in otherwords ...not good
Quick update ...sorry this isnt the worse one ive read "there goes the bride " is by far the worse of them all this one is second now ..is Mrs Beaton losing her touch ?
It is slow,boring and frustrating beyond belief ...
It failed to entertain me throughout and when i finally finished it ,it left me feeling ARGHHHHHH !!!!!What was the point in all that ....
The story seems rushed and not very well thought out and one of those quick pen to paper jobs ...a filler in otherwords ...not good
Quick update ...sorry this isnt the worse one ive read "there goes the bride " is by far the worse of them all this one is second now ..is Mrs Beaton losing her touch ?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After the wedding that never was, James Lacey has fled to north Cyprus, craving time to think. Agatha, in hot pursuit, determines to track him down and seek to repair their fractured relationship. Both become embroiled with a group of ill matched tourists, all to become suspects when one of them is murdered....
It is hard to sympathize with the Agatha of this book. Some might even regard her a stalker, in need of therapy. She does not exactly help the attempts for reconciliation with James by going to bed with the randy baronet from an earlier novel.
Extensive quotes from guidebooks prove a bit irksome, but appealing descriptions of the region and its inhabitants may tempt some readers to visit. (It should be safe with Agatha now back in Carsely.)
A controversial addition to the series.
It is hard to sympathize with the Agatha of this book. Some might even regard her a stalker, in need of therapy. She does not exactly help the attempts for reconciliation with James by going to bed with the randy baronet from an earlier novel.
Extensive quotes from guidebooks prove a bit irksome, but appealing descriptions of the region and its inhabitants may tempt some readers to visit. (It should be safe with Agatha now back in Carsely.)
A controversial addition to the series.
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Agatha-a-broad
Another delight in this super series of books:
In this outing we catch-up with Agatha in Cyprus where she is intent on tracking down her neighbour James but ends-up... Read more
In this outing we catch-up with Agatha in Cyprus where she is intent on tracking down her neighbour James but ends-up... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Caroline
Would have been more stars but.....
Am about half way through this book, normally would have completed it by now.
The basic story of Agatha following James to Cyprus and the death of a new 'friend' is... Read more
The basic story of Agatha following James to Cyprus and the death of a new 'friend' is... Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. Anderson
Carsely's Character comes to Cyprus
Agatha Raisin has a determined personality and cannot see when all around her is saying don't do it, he does not love you she steam rollers ahead in the pursuit of what she wants,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy
Murder in Cyprus
After Agatha's ill fated attempt to marry James Lacey, which resulted in the fatal reappearance of her first husband, Jimmy Raisin, she vows to win James back. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Lady Sophia
One of the better ones.
Agatha Raisin stories are the kind I fall back on inbetween other books. They are fun cosy reads. Although I'd advise you to read them in order or certainly the ... Read more
Published 16 months ago by isisjem
MURDER IN CYPRUS...
In this, the sixth book of this cozy British mystery series, the irrepressible Agatha Raisin is still enthralled with her handsome neighbor and ex fiancé, retired colonel... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Lawyeraau
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist
As usual M C Beaton has come up with a superb mystery involving the redoubtable Agatha. Highly recommended, a wonderful series set in the beauty ofthe Cotswolds, although in... Read more
Published 24 months ago by M. Simpson
Okay, but long winded
I've read the previous five Agatha Raisin books and thoroughly enjoyed them. I am now just over half way through this book and I am finding it alot more hard going that the... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Mrs. A. L. Maddocks
The Perfect Holiday Read (A Guilty Pleasure)
Agatha Raisin I believe is the modern updated and comical version of Miss Marple. By comical I don't mean that it takes the mickey out of Miss Marple or Agatha Christie far from it... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Simon Savidge Reads
Agatha Is Hot on the Trail of James Lacey While Other Men Are Hot for...
Stop reading right now if you haven't yet read Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembly and Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage. Read more
Published on 11 July 2007 by Donald Mitchell
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