M.C. Beaton





M.C. Beaton

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Also writes as:
Marion Chesney (real name)
Jennie Tremaine
Sarah Chester
Helen Crampton
Ann Fairfax
Marion Gibbons
Charlotte Ward

M. C. Beaton has been hailed as "the new Queen of Crime." She is the New York Times bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, which began with The Quiche of Death and also include As the Pig Turns and Busy Body, set in the English Cotswolds, as well as the Hamish Macbeth mysteries set in Scotland. She has also written historical romance novels and an Edwardian mystery series under the name Marion Chesney. Before writing her first novels, Beaton worked as a bookseller, a newspaper reporter, a fashion critic, and a waitress in a greasy spoon. Born in Scotland, she currently divides her time between Paris and a...more


Average rating: 3.69 · 53,140 ratings · 4,738 reviews · 133 distinct works
The Quiche of Death (Agatha...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,582 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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Death of a Gossip (Hamish M...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,987 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions
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Death of a Cad (Hamish Macb...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions
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Agatha Raisin and the Vicio...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,574 ratings — published 1993 — 17 editions
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Agatha Raisin and the Potte...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 1994 — 16 editions
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Agatha Raisin and the Murde...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,282 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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Agatha Raisin and the Walke...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,333 ratings14 editions
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Death of an Outsider (Hamis...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions
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Death of a Snob (Hamish Mac...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
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Agatha Raisin and the Wizar...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,107 ratings12 editions
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More books by M.C. Beaton…
Death of a Gossip Death of a Cad Death of an Outsider Death of a Perfect Wife Death of a Hussy Death of a Snob Death of a Prankster
Hamish Macbeth (28 books)
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3.7162124965593173 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 25,431 ratings
The Quiche of Death Agatha Raisin and the Vicio... Agatha Raisin and the Potte... Agatha Raisin and the Walke... Agatha Raisin and the Murde... Agatha Raisin and the Terri... Agatha Raisin and the Wells...
Agatha Raisin (22 books)
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3.6690301342111926 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 23,694 ratings

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“A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels," said Roy and cackled happily.”
M.C. Beaton

“Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes.”
M.C. Beaton, As The Pig Turns

“Ah, when love dies, women lose two and a half inches in height.”
M.C. Beaton, Love, Lies and Liquor

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