The Quiche of Death Spiral-Bound | 2018-09-04

M. C. Beaton

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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.

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

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…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…

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1250301947
Item Weight: 0.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
"[Beaton's] imperfect heroine is an absolute gem." --Publishers Weekly

"Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand-new Agatha Raisin mystery." --Tampa Tribune

"Outwardly bossy and vain, inwardly insecure and vulnerable, Agatha grows more endearing with each installment." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm." --Lee Child

M. C. BEATON has been hailed as the "Queen of Crime" (The Globe and Mail). In addition to her New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels, Beaton is the author of the Hamish Macbeth series and four Edwardian mysteries. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between the English Cotswolds and Paris.