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Una autora a la altura de Agatha Christie. Una detective a la altura de Miss Marple. Una serie con todo el misterio, el humor y el countryside británicos. Agatha Raisin se lía la manta a la cabeza y decide marcharse de Londres para saborear las mieles de una jubilacion anticipada en un tranquilo pueblo de los Cotswolds, donde no tarda en aburrirse como una ostra. Desplegar su talento para la alta cocina en el concurso gastronomico de la parroquia tendria que convertirla, por fuerza, en una celebridad. Sin embargo, al primer bocado de su exquisita quiche, el juez del concurso cae desplomado y Agatha se ve obligada a confesar la amarga verdad: la quiche letal era comprada. No hay mas que una solucion para que la perdonen: meterse en harina y desenmascarar ella misma al asesino.La critica ha dicho...Novela mas que recomendable, una gozada repleta de humor y descaro e indispensable lectura de verano. [...] Volver al tipico "quien lo hizo" o a la llamada whodunit es un placer nada culpable.Lluis Fernandez, La Razon Necesitabamos un personaje femenino a la altura de Miss Marple, y aqui esta. Porque la jubilada creada por Beaton (que sigue la estela de Agatha Christie) promete hacernos pasar horas y horas devorando sus thrillers.Harper's Bazaar [...] M.C. Beaton ya ha sido bautizada como la reina del cozy crime y damos fe de que las paginas de este misterio [...] estan plagadas de deliciosos jardines britanicos, tartas caseras, noches junto al fuego y, claro esta, algunas dosis de crimen. Todo aderezado con humor, una combinacion perfecta que te impulsara a buscar casita en los Cotswolds, como le ocurre a la atribulada protagonista.Clara Laguna, Traveler.es Intriga suave, entorno mas bien cursi, pero muy divertido: para leer tranquilos, con la sonrisa puesta y unasensacion calida y placentera, como la que produce una buena taza de te en invierno.Manuel Rodriguez Rivero, El Pais, Babelia Recomiendo, con sonrisa de gato de Cheshire y taza de te en mano, a la escocesa M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin y la quiche letal (Salamandra) inicia una serie --una de las tantas de esta prolifica autora de misterio y romantica fallecida en el 2019-- con gran personaje. Esta arrogante de Londres que se lo sabe todo y cree que ira a meterse en el bolsillo a los habitantes de ese pueblo de hipocritas. Sutil, mordaz, ligera, inteligente. ¿Donde estuvo, digo yo, todos estos años?Lilian Neuman, La Vanguardia Toda nueva correria de Agatha Raisin es una verdadera delicia.Ashley JensenNo sorprende que la hayan coronado como la Reina del Crimen Coqueto.Mail on Sunday Irresistible, imposible de dejar, una delicia.Anne Robinson La saga deAgatha Raisin es mi placer inconfesable: es de lo mas interesante, intrigante y encantadora, con el tono perfecto.Lee Child

Constable Hamish Macbeth serves in Lochdubh, a small village in the Scottish Highlands. A man without ambition and often considered lazy, he nonetheless has an astute mind for solving crimes a fact often ignored by his superiors. Which, Of course, sometimes works in Hamishs favor: He prefers his station in the small community, and therefore actively avoids any promotion that would lead to him being moved to a post at a larger station. Below is a complete list to date of mysteries starring Hamish Macbeth, written by M.C. Beaton.

"Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman...""Even though Agatha Raisin loathes amateur dramatics, her friend Mrs. Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local pantomime. Stifling a yawn at the production of "Babes in the Woods," Agatha watches the baker playing an ogre strut and threaten on the stage, until a trapdoor opens and the Ogre disappears in an impressive puff of smoke. Only he doesn't re-appear at final curtain. Surely this isn't the way the scene was rehearsed? When it turns out the popular baker has been murdered, Agatha puts her team of private detectives on the case. They soon discover more feuds and temperamental behavior in amateur theatrics than in a professional stage show--and face more and more danger as the team gets too close to the killer."The Blood of an Englishman" is Agatha's 25th adventure, and you'd think she would have learned by now not to keep making the same mistakes. Alas, no--yet Agatha's flaws only make her more endearing. In this sparkling new entry in M. C. Beaton's "New York Times" bestselling series of modern cozies, Agatha Raisin once again "manages to infuriate, amuse, and solicit our deepest sympathies as we watch her blunder her way boldly through another murder mystery"

There's not a cloud in Constable Hamish Macbeth's sky, just plenty of warm sunshine and not quite enough of beautiful Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike each other. The arrival of Maria's gross, greedy partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal, and Hamish is left with a baffling puzzle: Who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a big red apple in her mouth? Surely not of those singles...

Pour toutes ses clientes, Mr John est un magicien : un coiffeur aux doigts d''or qu''elles adorent ! Mais, peu après avoir confirmé ses talents auprès d''Agatha Raisin qui voit poindre ses premiers c

Cold-blooded murder heats up Agatha''''s summer holiday! Agatha travels to Cyprus, only to contend with her estranged fiance, an egregious group of truly terrible tourists, and a string of murders. . .In this sixth entertaining outing Agatha leaves the sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely to pursue love - and finds a murderer. Spurned at the altar, she follows her fleeing fiance James Lacey to Cyprus, where, instead of enjoying the honeymoon they''''d planned, they witness the killing of an obnoxious tourist in a disco. Intrigue and a string of murders surround the unlikely couple, in a plot as scorching as the Cypriot sun!Praise for the Agatha Raisin series:''''M. C. Beaton''''s imperfect heroine is an absolute gem.'''' Publishers Weekly''''The detective novels of M. C. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status.'''' The Times"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"M C Beaton has created a new national treasure... the stories zing along and are irresistible, unputdownable, a joy... Agatha Raisin is The Strongest Link." Anne Robinson''''Being a cranky, middle-aged female myself, I found Agatha charming!'''' Amazon customer review''''I dream of being able to speak out like Aggie . . . she''''s a heroine!'''' A. Lucas, Essex, reader review

Ancombe, paisible petit village, possède une source d''eau douce réputée pour ses bienfaits. Mais l''arrivée d''une société qui veut l''exploiter échauffe les esprits et divise les habitants : s''enr

Allotment wars! Lord Bellingham, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his passing. On another fine summer's day Agatha visits Carsley's allotments where everything looks peaceful and perfect: people of all ages digging in the soil and working hard to grow their own fruit and veg. Agatha feels almost tempted to take on a strip herself ...but common sense soon prevails. She doesn't really like getting her hands dirty. She is introduced to three oldtimers who have just taken over a new strip; Harry Perry, Bunty Daventry and Josephine Merriweather are lamenting the neglected condition of the patch. But as Harry starts to shovel through the weeds and grass his spade comes across something hard so he bends down and tries to move the object. And then he starts to yell ...The body is that of Peta Currie, a newcomer to the village - but who would want to murder her? Blonde and beautiful she's every local male's favourite.And then Lord Bellingham's son engages Agatha to do some digging of her own and very soon Agatha is thrown into a world of petty feuds, jealousies and disputes over land. It would seem that far from being tiny gardens of Eden, Carsley's allotments are local battlefields where passions - and the bodycount - run high! Praise for the Agatha Raisin series: 'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly 'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine' Booklist

Branle-bas de combat à Carsely ! Un grand propriétaire terrien local veut transformer le jardin communautaire en lotissement. Les villageois, révoltés, ont à peine le temps de se mobiliser que le nom

Hallucination ou fantasme ? C'est la question que se pose Agatha Raisin lorsque, au détour d'une route, surgit devant elle un homme dans le plus simple appareil. Paniqué, il dit avoir aperçu un cadavre... Pourtant, une fois sur place, nulle trace du corps. Si la police crie au canular, Agatha est persuadee que le nudiste dit vrai. La voici au coeur d'une affaire melant jeux de roles et sorcellerie, tromperies et gros sous, sans oublier un tres profitable commerce de cremes glacees au parfum aussi piquant que mortel. Sur les traces du disparu, c'est un autre cadavre, cette fois-ci bien reel, que l'on decouvre bientot...

La détective Agatha Raisin s'est récemment mise à la marche sportive : c'est bon pour la santé, mais... pas de tout repos ! Sur le terrain de boulingrin d'un parc, le corps d'un vieux monsieur lui fa

Une jolie jeune femme au volant d'une BMW sur les routes désertes des Highlands écossaises, ça se remarque ! Surtout lorsqu'elle appuie un peu trop sur le champignon. Qu'importe à Hamish Macbeth qu'i

Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAYAgatha and her assistant, Toni, are driving to their friend Bill Wong's wedding, thinking of nothing more than what the beautiful bride will be wearing when a terrified young man comes running down the country lane towards them wearing. . . nothing at all.The encounter leads them to become embroiled with a naturist group, a disappearing corpse, fantasy games, witchcraft, an ice cream empire, intrigue and murder. In the meantime, Agatha's hectic life swirls along at dizzying pace, her private detective agency as busy as ever and her private affairs in turmoil - old loves to contend with and a new suitor on the scene.

Un tournage au hameau de Drim, décor d'une nouvelle série policière, vient rompre la monotonie du rude hiver écossais. Mais la société de production sème la pagaille et un cadavre se retrouve bientôt

Le dentiste Frederick Gilchrist doit son succès à ses tarifs très compétitifs. Et à quelques ruses pour attirer les patients et surtout les patientes, car il est imbattable en matière de séduction. S

À peine installée à Carsely, Jill Davent, une psychologue aux airs prétentieux, attire déjà l'antipathie. Non seulement elle flirte avec James, l'ex-mari d'Agatha, mais en plus elle fouine dans le pa

The latest Agatha Raisin mystery from bestselling author M. C. BeatonThe team of bells at St. Ethelred church is the pride and glory of the idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna, together with the most dedicated bell ringers in the whole of England: the twins Mavis and Millicent Dupin.As the village gets ready for the Bishop''''s visit, the twins get overly excited at the prospect of ringing the special peal of bells created for the occasion and start bullying the other bell ringers, forcing them to rehearse and rehearse . . . so much so that Joseph Kennell, a retired lawyer, yells at the sisters that he ''''felt like killing them''''!When the twins'''' home is broken into one night and Millicent is found dead, struck from a hammer blow, suspicion falls onto the lawyer.Will Agatha unmask the real killer and clear Joseph''''s name?

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Toil and trouble in store for Agatha! Cotswolds inhabitants are used to bad weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their village of Sumpton Harcourt. They struggle to see the road ahead - but then screech to a halt. Right in front of them, aglow in the headlights of their car, a body hangs from a lightning-blasted tree at the edge of town. But it's not suicide; Margaret Darby, an elderly spinster of the parish, has been murdered - and the villagers are bewildered as to who would commit such a crime, and why. Agatha Raisin rises to the occasion, delighted to have some excitement back in her life as if truth be told, she was getting bored of the long run of lost cats and divorces on the books. But Sumpton Harcourt is an isolated and unfriendly village, she finds a place that poses more questions than answers. And when two more murders follow the first, Agatha begins to fear for her reputation - and her life. That the village has its own coven of witches certainly doesn't make her feel any better...