Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye

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MacCaddon is fine in the role but gives a much more restrained performance than Keith does in the other voices.

There is a hint of depth there, a kernel of a much more interesting personality, but it was never developed in this book. While bookselling, by chance, she got an offer from the Scottish Daily Mail to review variety shows and quickly rose to be their theatre critic.On this mystery, we follow Private Detective Agatha Raisin, a strong independent middle age woman with a good reputation in solving murders. Mal écrit, mal construit, les dialogues sont pouiches et répétitifs, Agatha Raisin est agressante au possible, mais tout ça aurait pu se pardonner si au moins ça s'était passé à Noël comme le titre le laissait entendre. I thought Beaton might be under the mystery sub-genre "Classic" but it feels there's not enough heart and soul in them to be up there with Christie, Chandler and Doyle, for instance.

But having enjoyed the tv series and in anticipation of the tv show of this book debuting tomorrow on Acorn, I decided I'd give it another go. Agatha is in fine form in this story still insecure, still trying to get emphysema, cirrhosis of the liver and of course a man in her life. But what happens outside the mystery with the regular characters like Charles and Roy and James and Mrs.

The detective agency starts digging around (literally) and they come up with several suspects and lots of trouble. PR guru-tuned amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin is hoping to make it the best holiday yet with the reluctant help of trusty pal Roy. After marrying Harry Scott Gibbons and having a son, Charles, Marion went to the United States where Harry had been offered the job of editor of the Oyster Bay Guardian. With DCI Wilkes on vacation, Bill stays on as lead officer on the case, lending Agatha a helping hand.