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There Goes the Bride (Agatha Raisin #20)
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M.C. Beaton
James Lacey wandered over to the window of his hotel room. His fiancée, Felicity, was asleep. He was feeling some twinges of unease. What he loved about Felicity was the way she looked at him with her large eyes, appearing to drink in every word. But on the plane journey, he wondered if she were listening to him. “The order to charge was given,” said James, “and a spa...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
September 29th 2009
by Minotaur Books
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Finally, I've finished by Agatha Raisin reading blitz of the whole series (until the new one comes out in October). I have to admit, because after the first one I wasn't sure I would like the character, that I am now a big Agatha Raisin fan. I enjoyed her emotional and social growth throughout the series, and I think it was an advantage in reading straight through the series to fully appreciate that growth. Her humanity was somewhat lacking in the beginning, but Agatha has done a lot of growi...more
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Agatha's former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha decides she has fallen for Sylvan, a Frenchman she met at James' engagement party. To distract her still further she decides upon a holiday and flies to Istanbul, where unfortunately she bumps into James and his fiancee not once but twice - convincing him she is stalking them. So when the bride is murdered on her wedding day, natu...more
I read this series because it is just great fun....and because it is set in England. Reading it is rather like listening to rock and roll after listening to a Mahler Symphony. This newest book is rather more abrupt in its twists and turns.
Agatha’s former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha decides she has fallen for Sylvan, a Frenchman she met at James’ engagement p...more
Agatha’s former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha decides she has fallen for Sylvan, a Frenchman she met at James’ engagement p...more
This is the perfect beach book--and since I happen to be spending the week at the beach--a good choice. I think that this the 20th book in the Agatha Raisin series. Agatha Raisin is an overweight, insecure, scarcastic, middle aged woman who is constantly getting into scrapes from which she has to be rescued by her friends. Sounds a bit like me. Oh, but wait. Agatha is very wealthy and owns a detective agency in the English Cotswolds. In this outing, Agatha is distressed about the fact that...more
Well, looks like I have finally found a female P.I. protagonist that I can really relate to. Agatha Raisen is in her 50’s, has an arthritic hip that constantly gives her trouble, is just a tad jealous of Toni (the blond, beautiful and extremely photogenic junior member of the detective agency) and is feeling a more than a little insecure about her looks since her ex-husband James has decided to marry a woman several years his junior.
When Felicity, James’s bride-to-be, is shot dead o...more
When Felicity, James’s bride-to-be, is shot dead o...more
THERE GOES THE BRIDE by M C Beaton is 277 pages in paperback form.
Brief Description:
For whom the wedding bells toll...
Much as it goes against the grain, Agatha Raisin is trying to be a good sport. Even though her ex-husband James Lacey's upcoming marriage to the beautiful Felicity Bross-Tilkington fills her heart with dread, she takes a break from her successful detective agency to attend the wedding. It seems like a good idea at the time -- especially since Agatha'...more
Brief Description:
For whom the wedding bells toll...
Much as it goes against the grain, Agatha Raisin is trying to be a good sport. Even though her ex-husband James Lacey's upcoming marriage to the beautiful Felicity Bross-Tilkington fills her heart with dread, she takes a break from her successful detective agency to attend the wedding. It seems like a good idea at the time -- especially since Agatha'...more
One of the problems with reading a series is sometimes the author loses their way with characters or story lines and end up just writing to complete another story. The last few Agatha Raisin novels have fallen into that rut.
Luckily there's been a little rebound in this last book. The story was a little less bumbling and Agatha was much more likable (which is saying something since she's not always a likable gal).
The story starts at the wedding of Agatha's ex James Lacey w...more
Luckily there's been a little rebound in this last book. The story was a little less bumbling and Agatha was much more likable (which is saying something since she's not always a likable gal).
The story starts at the wedding of Agatha's ex James Lacey w...more
Agatha Raisin is unlucky in love, yet she,s hopelessly romantic. Her exhusband James Lacey is getting married to the beautiful Felicity Bross-Tilkington and it fills Agatha heart with dread. She reluntly takes time from from her successful detective agency to to attend the wedding. Even though she has her sights set on a new man handsome beguiling French man Sylvan. But when the bride is shot and killed moments before the wedding. And Agatha is named the prime suspect . Toni stands ready to help...more
After a long cozy-mystery-free spell, picked this up in an effort to break through Urban Fantasy fatigue and because I remember liking the first few books in the Agatha Raisin series.
Either I used to be more easily entertained, or this author's writing style has changed. Where previously I enjoyed Agatha's 'feisty on the outside, vulnerable on the inside' persona and the charming English countryside setting, in this installment what seemed most noticeable were the ineffective and repe...more
Either I used to be more easily entertained, or this author's writing style has changed. Where previously I enjoyed Agatha's 'feisty on the outside, vulnerable on the inside' persona and the charming English countryside setting, in this installment what seemed most noticeable were the ineffective and repe...more
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I thought this one would never end! I have enjoyed listening to all of the previous Agatha Raisin books read by Donada Peters, this is the first read by Penelope Keith, and it just isn't the same. Keith's voice is rather bland and her accents not very good. I will keep listening (as they are still light little mysteries that don't take a lot of concentration), but I'm not sure for how much longer.
As for the story it is a typical Agatha Raisin but it seems to jump around a lot (muc...more
As for the story it is a typical Agatha Raisin but it seems to jump around a lot (muc...more
Some books you have a hard time putting down. This one I had a hard time finishing. I enjoy getting enough hints in a mystery that I might be able to guess the end, but I don't enjoy when even every little sub plot was so obvious that I knew what came next. Then the author seemed to think that she had to tell you the same thing many times in the book to make sure you got it. Example: describing the way a couple women that worked in her agency dressed. I can remember at least seven times sh...more
After reading several long, somewhat literary tomes, I'm back to my old habit of reading light "cozy" mystery, in this case one in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series. Her writing style is becoming ever more abbreviated and she is just "mailing it in" in her latest books, but it is relaxing to read this brief, familiar genre before picking up Graham Greene's the Comedians, which I have to read for March. I will review when done.
Review: I finished this during the Snowmagg...more
Review: I finished this during the Snowmagg...more
The problem with a long, ever growing series is that not all of them can hit it out of the park. This new Agatha Raisin was not up to some of the earlier mysteries in the Cotswolds that our dear, ferocious Aggie has encountered. The main story ends partway through, but there is a back story about a killer on the lam and Agatha's constant search for love that continues the book to novel length. I think for someone new to the series they would be confused, there is very little to explain who so...more
I’ve read several of the Agatha Raisin series and give this high praise to MC Beaton: Agatha is written so well that I like her, but can find her annoying, especially where men are involved. Agatha seems so much like a real person!
In this book she’s worrying about getting old, marked by an achy hip, and feels life is starting to pass her by. Her ex-husband James is marrying a young woman and Agatha is invited to the wedding. The bride is murdered before the wedding and, of course...more
In this book she’s worrying about getting old, marked by an achy hip, and feels life is starting to pass her by. Her ex-husband James is marrying a young woman and Agatha is invited to the wedding. The bride is murdered before the wedding and, of course...more
I don't read this series because I think it's great literature, but because it's usually great fun. This entry, however, seemed particularly weak. The plot was so scattered that I'm nearly ready to accuse Beaton of using one of those internet plot-generator sites, and it seemed as though the central mystery was solved a little past the halfway mark. The rest of the book is spent chasing loose ends, and with a completely inexplicable (even for Agatha) romance.
Personally, I think Si...more
Personally, I think Si...more
I read this instead of listening to it as I did the others, and I think that was a mistake. The writing is simply unartful and clumsy, and this is more apparent when you're looking at words rather than listening. I also thought the book would never end. The last fifty pages or so seemed tacked on to satisfy an arbitrary page count. Still Agatha Raisin is as amusing as ever with her imperfections and flawed thinking. The lightly plotted novel was about all I could manage this month given a...more
Another typical Agatha Raisin novel....I wish I could get un-hooked. I love Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books, and somehow I have to read every Agatha Raisin novel because of that, but I don't like them a whole lot. I find Agatha rather pathetic and annoying, and am easily frustrated by her constant neediness and obsessions and the fact that she cannot learn from anything. I am not completely cold-hearted though, I feel sorry for her because she really does seem to attract only men that are either j...more
I love all the Agatha Raisin books. I found I was a bit disappointed with this one though. It didn't have her usual pizazz. The book was too much of a formula being played out. My opinion, but I felt like I could predict what was going to happen next which when reading MC's books I don't usually find this the case. The story was delightful though. I love a great escape with Agatha anytime. She is always good for a laugh at her antics and her human foibles. MC never fails to deliver on Agatha's v...more
Oh how I love spending the evening with Beaton's imperfect heroine Agatha Raisin. One reveiwer calls her a glorious cross between, Miss Marple, Auntie Mame and Lucille Ball with a tad of pitbull tossed in. Another, "Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, pack-a-day habit and major man lust. Living a dream in the English country cottage and solving murder mysteries." In any event, the characters are great fun, the plots solid and beautifully written. Lots of fun indeed...more
Agatha Raisin is one nasty piece of work. One of the most self-centered lead characters of any series, she really outdoes herself by showing up at her ex-husband's wedding just in time for the bride-to-be to be murdered. I found the writing and the situations clumsy and not very convincing.
I found it very unpleasant. I keep trying to read this series, because I do like the Hamish series this writer does, but it's a no go for me when it comes to Agatha.
I found it very unpleasant. I keep trying to read this series, because I do like the Hamish series this writer does, but it's a no go for me when it comes to Agatha.
Another in the Agatha Raisin Cotswolds mystery series. Agatha's former husband is getting married to a much younger woman and Agatha is invited. It is not before Agatha finds herself in the middle of murder and ends up in life threatening situations as she investigates who did it and why.
The story is filled with the usual Raisin traits: chasing after handsome men, battling her insecurities, and misreading clues and men along the way.
The story is filled with the usual Raisin traits: chasing after handsome men, battling her insecurities, and misreading clues and men along the way.
I absolutely love the Agatha Raisin series! What a hoot. Mean-spirited Agatha isn't happy when her ex-husband, James, is about to marry a beautiful young heiress, but she certainly isn't the one who shot the bride before she could say, "I do." However, Agatha is the main suspect. Once again Agatha and her detective agency bumble their way through the investigation to find the killer. M.C. Beaton has wonderfully drawn characters.
I really enjoy M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth mysteries, so I thought I'd give Agatha Raisin a try. I think this is the latest in the series. Agatha's ex-husband is going to be married, but his wife is shot on their wedding day. Of course, Agatha & co. look into the death of his fiancee. This was a fun book, and I enjoyed the characters. You don't have to have read the other books in the series, I was able to jump right in.
This is the latest installment of the delightfully delicous Agatha Raisin series. I love Agatha! She is a fifty-something wealthy retired business woman turned private detective. Agatha is cranky, hilarious and a hit with the men! You must start with the first book in the series, "Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death". This may not be fine literature and Agatha remains my hero and role model!
I always love an Agatha Raisin book but this is not Beaton's best effort. It seems all the plot twists and turns were not enough-the final bits feel like a side stories that were tossed in last minute. She retires, she's back. She's engaged, she's single. This is a favorite cozy series of mine and I hope the next book is more like the earlier ones.
As always, M.C. Beaton can do no wrong in my eyes and her books just suck me in and I read until they're finished. This is a continuation of the Agatha Raisin series and Agatha is still pining of James. When will she learn and show him that he's an ass and she's worth so much more! Oh, there's a murder in there too. lol
I enjoy this series so much. This is an Agatha Raisin mystery. She is getting older, is lonely, and envious of the younger women in her detective agency. Such a human character. Not young, not beautiful and not always too clever. Love her. She stumbles into solving crimes. There is such humor in these books.
Agatha Raisin's ex-husband, and all but full time obsession, James, is set to marry a sweet young thing. When the bride is murdered, Agatha is the leading suspect. She, James, her friend Sir Charles and the personnel from her detective agency all investigate the death, and Agatha's life is threatened repeatedly.
I absolutely loved this book. Sure, you can see some things coming, but overall it was a great book. Agatha is a somewhat bumbling detective who really can't pick men very well. I really enjoyed reading about her detective agency and getting to know her employees and friends. I'll definitely read more of Beaton.
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