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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries)

by M C Beaton

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ISBN13: 9780312939168
ISBN10: 0312939167
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Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Discover the first novel in the series that started it all...

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE QUICHE...

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...

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...

"Beaton, author of the Hamish MacBeth series has created the best English sleuth since Miss Marple. Write home about this one."

--Tulsa World

Synopsis:

Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Discover the first novel in the series that started it all'

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE QUICHE'

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'

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'

"Beaton, author of the Hamish MacBeth series has created the best English sleuth since Miss Marple. Write home about this one."

--Tulsa World

Synopsis:

The first book in Beaton's popular series is available once again. Agatha Raisin retires to the quiet English village of Carsely. However, she starts off on the wrong foot when the quiche she enters in the local baking contest causes a deadly situation.

About the Author

M.C. BEATON is the author of sixteen Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish Macbeth series, and Edwardian mystery series written as Marion Chesney. She currently divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.

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KT, January 20, 2012 (view all comments by KT)
I love finding a new series and this is a winner. There are over 20 books in the series. Agatha Raisin is a sharp-witted acerbic tongued former owner of a PR business in London. When she sells her company and moves to the country she gets into the habit of solving murders and eventually opens her own detective agency. In the first novel, Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, Agatha enters a local baking contest with a store bought quiche. One of the judges is poisoned by the quiche and dies. Her first mystery. Agatha loves her g&t, cigarettes, has small bear eyes but great legs, frequently diets, and has a varied romantic life. The cast of recurring characters is terrific. The plots are well crafted but it's the characters that I most enjoy. Agatha takes no prisoners.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312939168
Author:
Beaton, M C
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Author:
Beaton, M. C.
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Cotswold Hills (England)
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Subject:
Mystery
Subject:
Detective / Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery-A to Z
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Agatha Raisin Mysteries
Series Volume:
No. 1
Publication Date:
20060331
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
6.73 x 4.15 x 0.675 in

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"Synopsis" by ,
Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Discover the first novel in the series that started it all'

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE QUICHE'

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'

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'

"Beaton, author of the Hamish MacBeth series has created the best English sleuth since Miss Marple. Write home about this one."

--Tulsa World

"Synopsis" by , The first book in Beaton's popular series is available once again. Agatha Raisin retires to the quiet English village of Carsely. However, she starts off on the wrong foot when the quiche she enters in the local baking contest causes a deadly situation.
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