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Agatha Raisin · Book 27

Agatha's First Case

by M. C. Beaton
Published
1 January 2015
Pages
39
ISBN-13
9781250084316
Type
novella
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About this book

"Agatha's First Case" (2015) is a short prequel novella, running just 39 pages, set during Agatha Raisin's PR career in London before she ever moves to Carsely. Published as book 25½, it works as an origin story for readers who want to see Agatha before the village and the murders, though it reads fine picked up at its publication slot too.

Key facts about Agatha's First Case

M. C. Beaton wrote Agatha's First Case, a novella on our list. It has been out since 2015. The book has 39 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novella. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250084316 to find the main one.

Agatha's First Case is book 27 of 38 in the Agatha Raisin series. The series has 38 published books. However, the series starts with The Quiche of Death (1992).

Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.

Its place in Agatha Raisin

Agatha's First Case is book 27 in the Agatha Raisin series. It follows The Blood of an Englishman. It is followed by Dishing the Dirt. See the full Agatha Raisin reading order.

Agatha Raisin is a brash, hard-drinking, sharp-tongued former London PR executive who retires early to the impossibly quaint Cotswolds village of Carsely expecting a peaceful life — and instead finds a body practically on arrival. M. C. Beaton built the series around a heroine who is deliberately unlikeable in the traditional cozy sense: vain, competitive, prone to disastrous crushes (most enduringly on her handsome neighbor James Lacey), and far more comfortable interrogating suspects than making friends. That…

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