Agatha Raisin · Book 1
The Quiche of Death
- Published
- 1 January 1992
- Pages
- 201
- ISBN-13
- 9780804111638
- Type
- novel
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.
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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780804111638