Books by M C Beaton
M C Beaton is the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. The 25th Hamish Macbeth adventure was published earlier this year, and the 21st Agatha Raisin mystery, Busy Body, comes out in October. She has also written more than 100 historical romances.
The Quiche of Death
by M C Beaton
The Quiche of Death is the first book featuring Agatha Raisin, a 50-something PR executive who leaves London to settle in an idyllic Cotswold village. In this book, Agatha, who can't cook and lives off frozen meals, is determined to win the village quiche-making competition, and the plot unfolds from there.
Interviews with M C Beaton
Mysteries and Other Favourite Books, recommended by M C Beaton
North Scotland is wonderful countryside, a marvellous setting for a murder. The wind just screams from horizon to horizon – it’s like living in a speeded-up nature film. You open up the kitchen door and catch a passing sheep…
Interviews where books by M C Beaton were recommended
The Best Cozy Mystery Books, recommended by Sophie Roell
If you’re looking for a murder set in a pleasant environment—often an English village—with a charming sleuth and minimal bloodshed, cozy mysteries could be the genre for you. Sophie Roell, editor of Five Books and a keen mystery reader, introduces some of her favourites—from classics of the genre to more recent bestsellers.
