Those Endearing Young Charms (Regency Flame Book 1)

But as Harry starts to shovel through the weeds and grass his spade comes across something hard so he bends down and tries to move the object. And he starts to yell. The body is that of Peta Currie, a newcomer to the village - but who would want to murder her? Blonde and beautiful, she's every local male's favourite. And then Lord Bellington's son engages Agatha to do some digging of her own and very soon Agatha is thrown into a world of petty feuds, jealousies and disputes over land.

It would seem that far from being tiny gardens of Eden, Carsley's allotments are local battlefields where passions - and the bodycount - run high! Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson'M. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine' Booklist.

Sea, sand - and the slammer for Agatha! Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband James Lacey invites her on holiday but - horrors! And from there on things go from bad to worse, so when a fellow guest in their hotel is found murdered, Agatha herself is chief suspect - and has to solve this case from a locked police cell!

Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson ''M. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly'An enchanting series. The Quiche of DeathHigh-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She's off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making competition - and to make quite sure of first prize she secretly pays a visit to a London deli. Alas, the competition judge succumbs after tasting her perfect quiche, and Agatha is revealed as a cheat and potential poisoner.

Definitely not the best start. So Agatha must turn amateur sleuth - she's absolutely got to track down the real killer! It even seems likely that the attractive new vet, Paul Bladen, has taken a shine to her. But before romance can blossom, Paul is killed in an accident with Lord Pendlebury's horse. Only the circumstances are rather suspicious. Agatha decides she must once more play amateur investigator. And this cloud has a silver lining - she can persuade her stand-offish neighbour, James Lacey, to become her partner in the quest.

As usual, Agatha rushes in, heedless of the lurking menace to both James and herself. A therapist had moved into the village of Carsely and Agatha Raisin hates her.

Not only was this therapist, Jill Davent, romancing Agatha's ex-husband, but she had dug up details of Agatha's slum background. Added to that, Jill was counselling a woman called Gwen Simple from Winter Parva and Agatha firmly believed Gwen to have assisted her son in some grisly murders, although has no proof she had done so. A resentment is different from a dislike and needs to be shared, so as the friendship between James and Jill grows stronger, the more Agatha does to try to find out all she can about her.

When Jill is found strangled to death in her office two days' later, Agatha finds herself under suspicion - and must fight to clear her name. James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely.

Gloria apologises for her employer's behavior, and Hamish takes the plunge and invites her out for dinner. On the appointed evening, Hamish waits for Gloria at the restaurant. But Gloria never shows up. Four days later, Gloria's body washes up on the beach near Braikie. Now, without a date and without his former policeman Dick Fraser - who left the force to buy a bakery - Hamish must find out who killed the beautiful new resident of Sutherland, and why, before the murderer strikes again.

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Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha. No happily ever after for her! Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be - soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. Then, after a fight down the local pub, James vanishes - a bloodstain the only clue to his fate. Naturally, Agatha is Suspect Number One. Determined to clear her name - and find her husband - Agatha begins her investigation and promptly discovers a murdered mistress.

Agatha's away with the fairies. And the little folk are causing big trouble for her! Angry at being jilted by new husband James, Agatha follows a fortune-teller's advice and rents a cottage in pretty Fryfam. There, she hopes, true love will come chasing after her. But her romantic notions are dispelled by a series of odd goings-on in the village: And then the local squire is found dead.

Agatha's nose for trouble ensnares her in a maelstrom of jealousy, blackmail and dangerous liaisons, especially with a murderer who plans to keep irrepressible Agatha permanently in Fryfam - as a resident corpse! Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.

After a romantic disappointment and an undeserved demotion, Scots village bobby Hamish Macbeth decides a week's holiday at the coastal village of Skag might be just the ticket. He's dead wrong, of course: When this chap's body is found floating in the river Skag, Hamish is the prime suspect.

While clearing his name, the lanky Scot has to deal with the widow who's suddenly making eyes at a refined bachelor, two leather-skirted Glaswegian beauties intent on raising disco hell, and the rude revelation of one family man's secret life. The detective novels of M. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. Anne Robinson, The Times. Our Books See all Books. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman.

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We need to use cookies to do this. Not a Member Yet? Create An Account Why Join? View high res cover image. Time remaining -- day s -- hour s -- minute s -- second s. Books in this series. A Marriage of Inconvenience Details. A Governess of Distinction Details. He returns from war to find himself not in love with the girl who waited for him, but still determined to marry her. Her much younger sister takes her place because she knows her sister is in love with someone else but he recognizes the swap prior to marrying her and still goes through with it.

She balks a few times early-on about consummating their sudden ma This officially killed my M. She balks a few times early-on about consummating their sudden marriage Shortly after that, he starts up with a mistress--where he vents about his marriage. While on these business trips in London, he takes his mistress to society events, despite everyone knowing he's a newlywed--which I know was "done" during that period, but this is supposed to be a romance hero.

Meanwhile, his young wife is busy on his estate learning her way. She recognizes when he comes back from town that he's taken up with another woman and he shuts down the conversation. He sends his young wife home for Christmas and spends it with his mistress. I don't know that I've ever read another Regency where the hero picks up a mistress after marriage, actively visits her, takes her around town basically spitting in his wife's face , and then blames his wife for his own feelings of shame.

I kept thinking that I'd misread something because I didn't see any other reviews mentioning it. So, technically, I DNFed this one. Normally, I don't post ratings on books I don't finish, but I hated the hero in this book and adultery especially like this just icks me out. I'm going to go read some Amanda Quick to purge this one.

And I read a ton of good M. I feel like I just spent the last 5 hours angry. The behavior of the Earl was SO ridiculous. Everything he did and thought had no reason or excuse. In the end, he got off way too easily in my opinion. There needed to be a lot more groveling on his side. I went the whole book rooting for Emily to smack him. She deserved so much more than what she got.

But the book was better then the others I have read by Chesney. Oct 18, Gramy rated it really liked it Shelves: I normally find this author's work intriguing, but this series has not been as compelling to me. However, this one piqued more interest than the first two of this series. I listened to the audio version of this book through Hoopla. The narrator, Lucy Raynor, did an excellent job! The characters were distinct and quirky. The plot was odd, the characters never grew in depth, and the romance was not believable in the least. It was clean, able to stand on its own and delivered a 'PG' rated H.

May 05, Nathalie S rated it liked it. Dec 04, Kirsta rated it it was ok Shelves: Sep 25, Sylvia rated it liked it. Very fluffy, even for Marion Chesney. The cat and the hero were very annoying. It's not unusual for her heroes to have some character flaws.

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This one had more than most. Apr 06, Meli rated it really liked it. Jun 15, P. Far, far too much about the cat, but otherwise OK. Aug 11, Sarah Southerland rated it liked it. May 05, Anja Calabrese rated it did not like it. I read it as an audio book,the reader was awful and the book was just plain boring. Maff rated it it was ok Oct 03, Melissa rated it liked it Apr 27, Jen Rodemeyer rated it liked it Jul 18, Maureen Imrie rated it really liked it Nov 04, Carlen rated it it was amazing Sep 23, Kris rated it it was ok Mar 31, Jimzzz rated it it was ok Mar 24, Jill rated it liked it Jul 30, Susan Lowry rated it liked it Sep 19, Jenny rated it liked it Sep 08, Manda Collins rated it it was amazing Jun 08, Shay rated it liked it Feb 07, Valary rated it really liked it Sep 09, Jaimey rated it really liked it Oct 28, Viki rated it liked it Mar 10, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

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