Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M.C. Beaton

The Quiche of Death is the first book in the Agatha Raisin series. I read the first part on the Internet and thought it would be a good read and different to what I usually read so I bought it. The plot is basically that Agatha Raisin retires from her highflying PR job in London to a small village in the Cotswolds. This has been her dream, however once it actually comes true, she finds herself bored stupid, and subsequently just to do something, she enters a quiche competition. Mysteriously her quiche manages to kill one of the judges and it's not down to her bad cooking but poison. She turns into Miss Marple to find out who the poisoner is. ...  Read the complete review

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death is the first book in the Agatha Raisin series written by author M C Beaton. ABOUT THE PLOT Agatha Raisin has just taken early retirement from being a high flying PR guru and has bought her dream cottage in a peaceful Cotswold village called Carsely. In order to fit in with the villagers she decides to enter a quiche making competition but not being very domestic she buys a quiche and enters it as her own creation. Unfortunately one of the judges dies and it's apparently from having eaten Agatha's quiche - so she must turn detective to find out how it happened to ensure she doesn't get arrested ...  Read the complete review

I'm sorry to break the news to you, but Agatha Christie is dead. In fact, despite the numerous TV and film adaptations that adorn our screen every year the woman has been dead for over 30 years and counting. No more new adventures from lovable Miss Marple or eccentric Monsieur Poirot, just the same stories told again with a different set of actors. This is no bad thing in itself as each generation of viewers get to experience the stories designed for the time. The trouble is that I know all the killers, murderers, blackmailers, poisoners, bigamists, gypsies, tramps and thieves - I need something new, modern, but perhaps still laced with some of Christie's sardonic ...  Read the complete review