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Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble

By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Penelope Keith
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At home alone for the holidays, Agatha Raisin decides to host a dinner party for the elder residents in her Cotswold village of Winter Parva. Agatha's never been much of a homemaker, but she's dead set on making this the perfect holiday for the 'crumblies', as she affectionately calls them. She's decorated a tree while fending off her cats, Hodge and Boswell, and even made a (lumpy) Christmas pudding in between swigs of rum. But when Agatha dumps the pudding on the head of the local self-proclaimed lothario - an 85-year-old with a beer belly and fingers like sausages - his death by dessert proves more than a trifle as mysteries mount higher than the season's snowfall. So much for trying to do good by her neighbors. Now Agatha needs no less than a Christmas miracle to get herself out of this one.

©2012 M. C. Beaton (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Winter Christmas Crime Suspenseful

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Penelope Keith IS Agatha Raisin. This is an amusing short story, a Christmas who done it. Penelope Keith's voices are superbly varied & fit the characters well. I certainly won't be following her Christmas pudding recipe.

Amusing short

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Great humorous ,tongue in cheek tale,
Wonderfully read by a great actress,
Bringing to life some characters we all
Meet from time to time, thoroughly enjoyed

A little smile

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What did you like best about Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble? What did you like least?

Good characters well described as usual. Brilliant narration by Penelope Keith as always. The storyline was a little weaker than other Agatha Raisin books I have read.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Penelope Keith makes most books interesting by her gripping narration. The investigation was intriguing initially and was an average whodunnit- just not quite up to the standard of other Agatha Raisins. .

Have you listened to any of Penelope Keith’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Yes! Excellent narration and character portrayal. Faultless!

Could you see Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

A short play starring Penelope Keith and others from To the Manor Born maybe!

Not the best Agatha Raisin story!

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I normally love Agatha Raisin but I found this too short and the story lacked substance. Penelope Keith's narration is excellent.

Too short

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Great little story in the Agatha Raisin series. Very amusing and as usual nicely narrated

Nice

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