Book Review: Spring is here, so maybe for Bank holiday weekend, M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin book, Beating About the Bush, might be a relaxing Easter choice

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M.C. Beaton was a delight. In interview she came across as humerous, fiesty, intelligent and just a little bit risque. Her creation Agatha Raisin and the complete cast of Cotswolds characters have been a delight to read and Beating About the Bush is no exception. Would you believe that this is the 30th Agatha Raisin book and what a whopper it is. 




Here's the Blurb

When private detective Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, it looks like she is about to become involved in a particularly gruesome murder. Looks, however, can be deceiving, as Agatha discovers when she is employed to investigate a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems.

The factory mystery soon turns to murder and a bad-tempered donkey turns Agatha into a national celebrity, before bringing her ridicule and shame. To add to her woes, Agatha finds herself grappling with growing feelings for her friend and occasional lover, Sir Charles Fraith. Then, as a possible solution to the factory murder unfolds, her own life is thrown into deadly peril. Will Agatha get her man at last? Or will the killer get her first?

My Thoughts

As usual, Beating About the Bush, is filled with high jinx, humour, poignancy romance and some truly ridiculous but amazingly funny moments. 

I don't read a lot of cosy crime - but I do read each new Agatha Raisin book and I'm never diappointed. Beating About The Bush is no exception to this. 

Agatha's lovelife and mad as a hatter investigations just draw you in like bees to a honey pot. Her friendships, her quirky take on things and her vulnerability make this usuch an enjoyable read.

If you've never read an Agatha Raisin before then you're certainly missing a trick. This is delightfully written, superbly plotted and so enjoyable. Go on, give it a go. I can guarantee you won't regret it.