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... to the home of Agatha Raisin, national treasure and gloriously non-pc star of the Agatha Raisin crime books by M.C. Beaton, set in the friendly Cotswolds village of Carsely.
There are full listings for the Agatha Raisin books and how to order them, special offers (UK only), pre-orders, latest news, the low-down on author M.C. Beaton and details of events where you can meet her in person, and answers to your Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth questions.
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Agatha shares her site with everbody's favourite Highland PC, Hamish Macbeth – the murder mystery series set in Lochdubh also written by M.C. Beaton – and there's plenty of Hamish Macbeth news here too, including the full listing of the entire Hamish Macbeth book series.
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The Life and Times of a Raisin
M.C. Beaton has provided us with a rather surprising and very funny biography of Agatha's early life - you can read it in the News section HERE.
Latest Agatha Raisin book
Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns
Winter Parva, a traditional Cotswolds village next door to Carsely, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend and rival in the sleuthing business, Toni, to enjoy the merriment. But as the spit pig is carried towards the bed of fiery charcoal Agatha ...More
