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Agatha Raisin · Book 1

The Quiche of Death

by M. C. Beaton
Published
1 January 1992
Pages
201
ISBN-13
9780804111638
Type
novel
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About this book

"The Quiche of Death" (1992) is the book that started it all: M. C. Beaton's first Agatha Raisin novel, 201 pages long, introducing the brash, hard-drinking former London PR executive as she retires to the quaint Cotswolds village of Carsely expecting peace and quiet -- and instead finds a body almost on arrival, setting the template for the whole series.

Key facts about The Quiche of Death

M. C. Beaton wrote The Quiche of Death, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1992. The book has 201 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780804111638 to find the main one.

The Quiche of Death is book 1 of 38 in the Agatha Raisin series. The series has 38 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

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

The Quiche of Death is book 1 in the Agatha Raisin series. It is followed by The Vicious Vet. 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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