2008-03-08 Still High Quality

I have read several of the Agatha Raisin books and have enjoyed every one of them. This one is as good as all the others with a storyline which moves along nicely. All the usual characters appear here and several new ones emerge. The characters are as strange as ever, and they have developed over time. I still found myself liking and loathing them in turn which makes them all the more human and believable. The hotel from hell reminds me of some places I have stayed in, in Britain, again making the book all the more real. The basic premise of the tale is that a woman from the hotel (so horrible it is probably doing the world a favour) has been killed. Agatha is like a terrier in finding out who her killer is, with several misadventures on the way. Although light this book is enjoyable and makes a pleasant change from the more grizzly murder mysteries on offer. I would highly recommend it.