Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M. C. Beaton read by Penelope Keith Audiobook Review

Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate by M. C. Beaton
Read by Penelope Keith

from Goodreads.com
Agatha Raisin has just about had it - James has abandoned her, the new neighbour has made an unseenly proposition, and the new curate seems to be taking a more than normal interest in her. Now he is dead.

My Take:  I normally like most cozy mysteries but I couldn't for the life of me like this one.  This was my first Agatha Raisin and maybe I would like the series better if I had started at the beginning and not at the 13th one.  I found it hard to really care about any of the characters and I found Agatha especially unlikeable.  I also found it hard to really care who had killed the curate as he wasn't a very good man.  The were some funny moments throughout the book between Betsy and John and between Betsy and Bill Wong and his new girlfriend.  I really had to struggle to finish this book. 

Penelope Keith did a fair job of reading this book although at times when she was reading interactions between Betsy and John it was hard to figure out who was speaking to who as her voices for the two characters are very similar. 

I received a review copy of this book through the Sold Gold Reviewers program at AudioJukebox.com.  The Copy came from AudioGo.com.

 

Book Spotlight - Death of a Chimney Sweep by M. C. Beaton

 Death of a Chimney Sweep by M.C. Beaton

From Amazon.com
In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed--and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes.

This is the 27th in the Hamish Macbeth series.  I have not read any of them and unfortunately I have not been able to fit this in yet but I look forward to reading it in the near future and will give a full review when I do.