M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (UK 2020)

From the Publisher:
Revenge is a dish best served warm...
High-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She's off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making competition -- and to make quite sure of first prize she secretly pays a visit to a London deli.

Alas, the competition judge succumbs after tasting her perfect quiche, and Agatha is revealed as a cheat and potential poisoner. Definitely not the best start. So Agatha must turn amateur sleuth -- she's absolutely got to track down the real killer and clear her name!

M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-one million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. With an introduction by Stuart MacBride. Constable, ISBN: 9781472134714 (November, 2020), 256 p., £20.00.

M.C. Beaton: The Quiche of Death (USA 2018)

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The first book in M.C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Agatha Raisin series -- now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.

Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and settles in for an early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. But she soon finds her life of leisure isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Bored, lonely, and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when the judge, Mr. Cummings-Browne, not only snubs her entry but also falls over dead! After her quiche's secret ingredient turns out to be poison, she must reveal the unsavory truth... .

That is, Agatha has never baked a thing in her life! In fact, she bought her entry ready-made from an upper-crust London quicherie. Grating on the nerves of several Carsely residents, she is soon receiving sinister notes. Has her cheating and meddling landed her in hot water, or are the threats related to the suspicious death? It may mean the difference between egg on her face and a coroner's tag on her toe... .

The Quiche of Death, the first book in this beloved series, is now a Minotaur Signature Edition, complete with a discussion guide and essay by the author.

M.C. Beaton: The Quiche of Death. The 1st Agatha Raisin Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9781250301949 (September, 2018), 269 p., $9.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (UK 2014)

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Queen of the Village Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472120670 (December, 2014), 256 p., £7.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Agatha's baking is to die for...
High-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She's off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making competition -- and to make quite sure of first prize she secretly pays a visit to a London deli.

'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining... M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure.' -- Anne Robinson, The Times

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Revenge is a dish best served warm... An Agatha Raisin Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781849011341 (March, 2010), 285 p., £7.99.

M.C. Beaton: The Quiche of Death (USA 2006)

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Beloved author M.C. Beaton bas delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Discover the novel that started it all...

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE QUICHE...
Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only snubs her entry -- but falls over dead! After her quiche's secret ingredient turns out to be poison, she must reveal the unsavory truth...

Agatha has never baked a thing in her life! In fact, she bought her entry ready-made from an upper-crust London quicherie. Grating on the nerves of several Carsely residents, she is soon receiving sinister notes. Has her cheating and meddling landed her in hot water, or are the threats related to the suspicious death? It may mean the difference between egg on her face and a coroner's tag on her toe...

"Beaton, author of the Hamish Macbeth series, has created the best English sleuth since Miss Marple. Write home about this one." -- Tulsa World

M.C. Beaton: The Quiche of Death. The First Agatha Raisin Mystery. St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN: 0312939167 (March, 2006), 262 p., $6.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (UK 2004)

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'A refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.' -- Booklist
High-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She's off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making competition -- and to make quite sure of first prize she secretly pays a visit to a London deli. But alas, the competition judge succumbs after tasting her perfect quiche, and Agatha is revealed as a cheat and potential poisoner. Definitely not the best start. So Agatha must turn amateur sleuth -- she's absolutely got to track down the real killer!

'Compare this to lemon meringue pie, light... with a delicious hint of tartness.' -- Washington Times
An Agatha Raisin murder mystery - now a BBC Radio 4 series starring Penelope Keith.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. An Agatha Raisin Murder Mystery. Robinson, ISBN: 1845290801 (June, 2004), 272 p., £5.99.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (USA 1993)

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AH-H-H...
THE CLOUDLESS PEACE OF THE BEAUTIFUL COTSWOLDS...
After Agatha's years of slaving to promote other people's success, her new life in a picture-book English village is a dream come true. And how better to make friends than by entering the village quiche-making competition? To ensure first prize, Agatha buys her entry at London's renowned Quicherie.

Alas, Agatha's impeccable product is soon exposed as not only store-bought but poisoned. The contest judge, Mr. Cummings-Browne, rumored to be a connoisseur of women as well as food, succumbs after eating it, and with him go Agatha's chances for bucolic bliss-unless she can nab the poisoner.

In a reckless game of village quiche-and-tell, Agatha rushes in where angels might fear to tread, infuriating and entertaining her neighbors, but shrewdly gaining on her prey -- all unaware that she's become the prey herself.

"The irascible but endearing personality of Agatha Raisin is like a heady dash of curry. May we have another serving, please?" -- Detroit Free Press

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. An Agatha Raisin Murder Mystery. Ivy Books, ISBN: 0804111634 (December, 1993), 185 p., $4.50.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (USA 1992)

From the Publisher:
When Mrs. Agatha Raisin decides to retire early to the English Cotswolds, she envisions herself enjoying all that country life has to offer: garden parties, tea at the vicarage, and a cozy home far from the noise and smell of London.

Life in the village of Carsely is not as Agatha anticipated, however. Much to her surprise, she doesn't attract much interest among the villagers. No one comes to call; there are no invitations to tennis or tea. A miserable Agatha is forced to acknowledge that she is but another newcomer to the well-established Carsely society.

Agatha didn't succeed in business by being a shrinking violet, though, so she shakes off her doubts and resolves to make her mark on the village: She will enter Carsely's Great Quiche Competition and win! The fact that Agatha has never baked so much as a potato in her life doesn't stop her; she submits a delectable store-bought quiche as her own.

Having dusted off her mantelpiece to accommodate her silver cup, Agatha is stunned to see the award go to another entry. Her surprise turns to horror, however, when the contest judge drops dead -- from poison the police trace to Agatha's "homemade" spinach pie. Agatha is now the talk of the town -- though not exactly in the manner she had hoped. In an effort to clear her name, she turns amateur sleuth -- as Beaton introduces a witty and well-crafted new mystery series peopled with quirky characters and all endearingly eccentric sleuth.

M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. An Agatha Raisin Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312081537 (December, 1992), 185 p., $17.95.