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The Quiche of Death
A Cozy Mystery Novel by M.C. Beaton
Book 1 of the Agatha Raisin Mysteries Series
Subgenres:
- British Village,
- Amateur Sleuth
This book is for you if you're into...
- City slickers stumbling through small village drama
- Baking contests that spiral into murder investigations
- Retirement plans derailed by poison and petty rivalries
From Little Stack
This first book in the long-running Agatha Raisin series is a classic and was adapted for British television.
You’ll adore a trip to the village of Carsely, where successful businesswoman Agatha retires after moving from London. To stay busy, she enters a quiche in a local baking contest — unfortunately, one that’s bought, not baked. Even worse? The judge dies after tasting the aforementioned entry. As Agatha starts receiving mysterious notes, she becomes determined to catch the culprit before her retirement leads to an early grave.
The first book in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Agatha Raisin series.
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. . . .
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