The Quiche of Death: The First Agatha Raisin Mystery

by Beaton, M. C.
ISBN: 9781250301949
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The first book in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Agatha Raisin series--now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.

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...

That is, 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...

The Quiche of Death, the first book in this beloved series, is now a Minotaur Signature Edition, complete with a discussion guide and essay by the author.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Beaton, M. C.
  • ISBN: 9781250301949
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 288
  • Publication Year: 2018

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  • The other diners studied him with the polite frozen smiles the English use for threatening behavior

    Samantha C. - 5 years ago

    This first book in the Agatha Raisin series introduces you to the quirky, head-strong, and abrasive (titular) amateur sleuth. Agatha takes early retirement and trades in a fast-paced London career for the dream of a quiet country life, but soon becomes bored and cheats her way through a local competition. But when one of the judges is murdered, Agatha quickly finds herself as the prime suspect. To clear her name she takes things into her own hands and delightfully blunders through her first case with cynicism, humor, wit, and absolutely no self-reflection. A wonderfully light read, so much so in fact that I have already read the next 10 books in the series.

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