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An irresistible new adventure for the bossy, vain, and endearing Agatha Raisin, from New York Times bestselling M.C. Beaton, "the reigning queen of the cozies" (Booklist).
Winter Parva is a “picturesque” (touristy) Cotswold village with gift shops, a medieval market hall, and thatched cottages. After a disappointing Christmas season, the parish council has decided to hold a special event in January, complete with old-fashioned costumes, morris dancing, and a pig roast on the village green.
Always one for a good roasting, Agatha Raisin organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. The rotary spit turning over a bed of blazing charcoals is sure to please on this foggy and blistery evening. But as the fog lifts slightly, the sharp-eyed Agatha notices something peculiar about the pig: a tattoo of a heart with an arrow through it and the name Amy.
“Stop!” she screams suddenly. “Pigs don’t have tattoos.”
The “pig,” in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the locals, including Agatha herself. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when the Gary’s ex-wife, Amy, hires Agatha’s detective agency to investigate—and another murder ensues. With that provocation, how could any sleuth as vain and competitive (and secretly insecure) as Agatha do anything other than solve the case herself?
About the Author
M.C. BEATON has been hailed as the “Queen of Crime” (The Globe and Mail). Chosen as the British guest of honor at Bouchercon 2006, she is the author of twenty-one previous Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish Macbeth series, and an Edwardian mystery series published under the name Marion Chesney. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Agatha Solves a Deep Mystery . . . and Keeps Toni Happy,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (Hardcover)
"But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers," -- 1 Timothy 1:8-9 (NKJV)Agatha Raisin is a most original character, whose persistence and vulnerability to her romantic illusions make her appealing despite her unlovely personal style. An increasing weakness of the series is that M. C. Beaton isn't providing enough room for our Agatha to grow and develop as a character. The other characters in the series, with the exception of Mrs. Bloxby and Bill Wong, don't wear as well, and they add more familiarity than strength to this book. The good news is that there's a decent mystery that isn't all that easy to solve in As the Pig Turns. Otherwise, this book would certainly be a three star effort. If you are a devoted Agatha Raisin fan, I think you'll be reasonably pleased with this one. I particularly liked the focus on Agatha trying to be more careful in her relations with Toni. This aspect of the story offered promise for a potentially changed relationship in future stories that could add new depth to the series.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (30 customer reviews) 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Enjoyable, as usual,
By F. J. Kemp "The Homeowner's Handbook for Murder" - Published on Amazon.com
I love Agatha Raisin and her character could carry the weakest of stories, but this one is a real corker! A petty police officer is brutally murdered and Agatha is simultaneously a suspect of the police and a target of the real killers. There is danger and intrigue and the usual complement of colorful Cotswold characters, but the best part of the book is Agatha and her blossoming friendships. She is on a real voyage of self-discovery and each book sees her more in touch with herself and more connected to (and dependent on) the people around her. Thankfully she has not lost any of her bad habits, nor her wicked sense of humor, and just when you think she's won control of her hormones, there's a handsome newcomer in the village...
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
agatha starting to get stale,
By valerie "val" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (Hardcover)
sorry to go against all of the good reviews but i dont think that the three last agatha raisin books are of the same quality of the earlier ones. there seems to be less character development and much less humor in these for some reason. i remember actually laughing out loud in the first few in this series--- the parts with the boggles and the pub bathroom sink fiasco in one of the earlier books--hilarious....the latest ones just dont do it for me. seems to be alot of the same old same old. beaton needs to come up with something fresh for her next one.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Cozy Series!!!,
By Kathryn Poulin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (Hardcover)
I love love love the Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton. There is no better way to while away an afternoon than with Agatha Raisin. Agatha is a loud, brash, overwhelming but endearing middle aged British woman who happens to constantly stumble across murders and mysteries. She lives in the quiet bucolic Cotswold area in a lovely cottage with her two pet cats...who really do love her. She has stumbled across and solved so many mysteries that she opened up her own detective agency.Agatha thinks she is not loved and her pursuits of love (with all types of unsuitable men of course) always bring about the funniest situations and best laughs. Agatha has actually created a great circle of friends and people that love her in her village and in her detective agency. An outing with some of them to Winter Parva and her discovery that the roast pig is not a pig but a dead male body sets them off on a great adventure. This adventure of Agatha Raisin is the 22nd in the series. I cannot recommend this entire series enough and I really really recommend that you read it from the beginning. It is in my opinion one of the best cozy mystery series out there. I am already looking forward to the next adventure of Agatha, Charles, Toni, and James. |
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