M C Beaton – “Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet”

I discovered Agatha Raisin at GB’s and have been delighted to find that Pensby Library has a few of her adventures in crime solving in her little Cotswold village. Outspoken, occasionally coarse and far from a Miss Marple but nonetheless a delightful character.

This is the second in the series – looking forward to the next one already.
Agatha Raisin
1. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (1992)
2. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (1993)
3. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (1994)
4. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (1995)
5. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (1996)
6. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (1997)
7. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (1998)
8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (1999)
9. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (1999)
10. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (2000)
11. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (2001)
12. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (2002)
13. Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate (2003)
14. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (2003)
15. The Deadly Dance (2004)
16. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon (2005)
17. Love, Lies and Liquor (2006)
18. Kissing Christmas Goodbye (2007)
19. Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison (2008)

“...No one here was obviously feeling the recession, for no one had ever got to any point from which to recess to.”
“Who was it who said that the reason the puritans were against bear-baiting was not because it gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the crowd?”
“I’ve not time for Americans....” said Miss Webster. “It’s not their fault.” said James, “ They feel that they have to protect themselves. a lot of people think American tourists are made of money. Now that couple saved all their lives for this one trip. They have to budget very carefully, and they’ve probably been told back home that all foreigners are out to cheat them.” “But we’re not foreigners,” said Miss Webster. “We’re British.”

M.C. BEATON is a psudonym used by Marion Chesney - see my earlier blog posting.