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Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Hardcover)

by M.C. Beaton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 191 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (25 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841197750
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841197753
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,160,787 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Beautiful newcomer Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to gardening. But when Mary is discovered murdered, buried upside down in a pot, Agatha Raisin seizes the moment and immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging the dirt on the hapless victim.
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4.0 out of 5 stars perfect to curl up with on the sofa on a rainy sunday, 23 April 2006
By Roman Clodia (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Paperback)
The Agatha Raisin books are warm, witty and entertaining books about the abrasive yet lovable 50-something Agatha who has moved from London to a little cottage in the Cotswolds and got herself involved in solving a series of murder mysteries - and in my opinion this is the best so far. An almost-pastiche of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple mysteries, Agatha is rude yet refreshing and chases her handsome neighbour James Lacey in a way that would leave the lady-like Miss Marple distraught! The characters of not just Agatha and James but all the minor bit-players from the village are well-drawn and if a bit cliched then that just adds to the cosy, comfortable atmosphere.
This isn't a work of great literary pretensions but is a wonderful, eccentric page-turner that is perfect to read in one sitting when the weather's bad.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A light, entertaining read, 21 Dec 2006
By J. P. Whittaker "meliagaunt" (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
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This was the first M C Beaton novel I read. A short 180 pages or so, I read it in a couple of hours and found it very enjoyable. Agatha Raisin, the middle-aged detective heroine, is an intriguing character - very human and believable, with her on-off schoolgirl crush on her neighbour, her fears for how she is seen in the small Cotswold village where she has moved from London, and her forays into diets and quick-fix improvements to her garden.

The plot is acceptable, but not one for afficianados of complex, logical mysteries - this is not for those looking for the intricacies of a P D James, or the trickery of an Agatha Christie. But the plot seems more a necessary backdrop for the picture of English village life, and the novel has all the charm and beauty of afternoon tea in a Cotswold village - rather like a beautiful watercolour that happens to have a dead body upended in a flower pot in one corner. Charming, very easily readable; I will be reading more of this series, but for me it isn't up there with the giants of the genre.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars cozy country village with a kick, 18 Jul 2001
This review is from: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Garden (Agatha Raisin Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
If you long to sit by a log fire,in a cozy cottage in the english countryside,with the rain pattering on the window panes. Tea and crumpets and a nice juicey murder this ones for you.

Our intrepid Agatha Raisin is back in Carsely. When she arrives she is met with the fact that her beloved neighbour who she has a tremendous crush on is taken with another woman, Agatha is none to pleased at this, and finds herself wishing for another murder, to solve so that she can involve James.

In the meantime she needs to compete for James attention, so she joins the Garden Society, knowing nothing about gardening she hatches a plan, that goes incredibly wrong, and before you know it the cozy village of Carsely has evil destruction and murder.... for Agatha and maybe James to solve..

Once you pick up this book, and a cup of tea, you will be there till supper time.

Happy reading !!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Third Agatha Raisin
Marion Chesney's third Agatha Raisin (following 'the Quiche of Death' and 'the Vicious Vet'), so the setting and characters are well established by now. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Budge Burgess

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed.... but expected more?
Agatha Raisin and the potted Gardener was the first book I have read in this series. I enjoy cosy mysteries and thought I would really enjoy this book, I was slightly let down... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Priscilla

4.0 out of 5 stars MUCH POTTING IN THE BACK GARDEN!
M C Beaton has managed the difficult feat of creating an irascible character with few redeeming features who still manages to retain our sympathy and even win our affection... Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Drake

4.0 out of 5 stars love agatha?
I just think the Agatha Raisin books are great. They are very cosy and remind me of the Enid Blyton books I read in my childhood. Read more
Published 20 months ago by love reading

4.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Takes Her Place as a Village Character
Like many readers, I found Agatha Raisin to be irresistible as a character when she first appeared in Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by Professor Donald Mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Takes Her Place as a Village Character
Like many readers, I found Agatha Raisin to be irresistible as a character when she first appeared in Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by Professor Donald Mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Agatha and James Sitting in a Tree...
In this third entry of the Agatha Raisin series, Agatha returns to Carsely after what turned out to be a lonely world tour only to find that her nest door neighbor and heartthrob... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by Dennis Phillips

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