This was a quick read. I have read several other books in this series but it was good seeing where Agatha came from and how she ended up in the small village of Carsley in the Cotswolds of England. Agatha has a hard time fitting into village life where even her neighbor, who has lived there for 20 years, was considered an incomer. In an attempt to fit in she enters a local baking contest, doesn't matter that she doesn't know how to cook, so she just buys a quiche from her favorite Greek restraint in London and enters it. When the judge keels over after having ingested some of it, some people accuse her of murder. What follows is a story of intrigue, suffused with several bad guys and an introduction to the local characters. Some of them will show up in books as the series continues.