Agatha Raisin and the Haunted HouseM C Beaton
Book 14 in the series
Just back from an extended stay in London, Agatha Raisin finds herself greeted by torrential rains and an old, familiar feeling of boredom. When her handsome new neighbor, Paul Chatterton, shows up on her doorstep, she tries her best to ignore his obvious charms, but his sparkling black eyes and the promise of adventure soon lure her into another investigation.
Paul has heard rumors about Agatha's reputation as the Cotswold village sleuth and wastes no time offering their services to the crotchety owner of a haunted house. Whispers, footsteps, and a cold white mist are plaguing Mrs. Witherspoon, but the police have failed to come up with any leads, supernatural or otherwise. The neighbors think it's all a desperate ploy for attention, but Paul and Agatha are sure something more devious is going on. Someone's playing tricks on Mrs. Witherspoon, and when she turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, Agatha finds herself caught up in another baffling murder mystery.
Like I've said before, I can't go wrong with these books. They're pure comfort reading through & through. I'm still waiting on an Amazon delivery so I'm using these to pass the time. If I have one criticism of the series it's the fact that I've lost count of the times I've read the lines "good legs" and "bearlike eyes" in description of Agatha! other than that though, no complaints ;) I've been reading the series slightly out of order, but as long as you read the first book first it doesn't really matter...you can put the pieces together.
Think Miss Marple meets James Qwilleran....
Well written easy reads, and this was probably my favourite to date, if only for the - "ahhhh, finally!!" moment that you get with the last sentence ;)
Long may the series continue, and will someone PLEASE think about a TV series? it'd be ace.
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