Agatha Raisin in Down the Hatch

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A good plot, a good premise, a promising beginning, but the way it unfolds, sadly, it pales in comparison with MC Beaton's books and stories. It at least didn't include the nastiness between Agatha and her regular gang of friends and detective agency employees.

Agatha meddles in Detective Sergeant Bill Wong's family life with the result that he likely will be able to move on with his current relationship. On a trip from the States to Sutherland on holiday, a course at a fishing school inspired the first Constable Hamish Macbeth story.Green seems to be writing characters he would be more comfortable meeting, and readers might hope in the future that he will do so on the up-and-up, providing his own characters with their own names and histories, rather than diminish fan favorites with weak pantomimes that ring false. This is the last Agatha Raisin book, at least as far as I am concerned, and to be honest if it had been the first I read it would also have been the last. She ran towards a black wrought iron gate set in the hedge, thankful that she had changed her fragile office high heels for more robust low wedges before taking her walk. Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The book is marginally more like Agatha in that she pays a bit more attention to her appearance – and her ego – but she’s also meeker, milder, and simply has less spirit!

In all, it is a promising continuation of the series and I look forward to reading the next installment. I was surprised to learn ( through the introduction to this novel) that the original author died a few years ago and this book was a collaboration of “Beaton’s” ideas and Green’s. As has become common with recent continuation series, the original author's name still has the primary cover credit even when they have been deceased for several years. One was a grey-bearded man lying on the grass, one was an elderly lady collapsed in some distress and the third was an old man, tending to the woman. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids.The story and the characters are so funny, and I was laughing out loud all the way through reading the book.

That is a huge step for the series, which has otherwise been almost frozen in time since it began in 1992 with Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Review of the Blackstone Audio Inc audiobook edition (October 2021) released simultaneously with the St. Charles knows how to sweet-talk and how to get around Agatha, he would not ambush her, with Gustav and Charles' Aunt playing support staff in tandem.

Agatha is still her insecure but powerfully competent self, but she’s also more reasonable and less likely to fly off the handle. This was taking them even further from their original cozy roots than just having a sometimes unlikeable protagonist. The original author of this series, MC Beaton, wanted the current author to continue the Agatha Raisin series when she passed.