Agatha Raisin cover

Agatha Raisin series, written by M. C. Beaton. 

This series has been re-released with this light, illustration-based style of cover. I like it, of course. 

The books are good fun in that flippant whodunit style. Although I have to say that M. C. Beaton has an absolutely scathing way of describing some characters. Painfully merciless. 

I was a bit of a fan of the Hamish MacBeth TV show, based on her other well-known book series, which I've not had the chance to read. But I read recently that Beaton is NOT a fan of the show. In the books, Hamish MacBeth is a apparently a burly chap. In the TV show, he's a skinny pot-smoker (as played by Robert Carlyle). 

Fair enough, I'd be annoyed too, if someone messed with my character from my imagination that much. 

I wonder how they'd go bringing Agatha Raisin to life??