Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M C Beaton

Every now and then I enjoy a quick light read and this (first in the Agatha Raisin series) is

certainly a nice easy light read. M C Beaton establishes the principal recurring characters - Bill Wong a mavarick (but only slightly) police detective, the Vicar's wife, Agatha Raisin herself - irritable and irritating - and her former colleagues at her PR firm, and the various inhabitants in the Cotswold village Agatha has 'retired' to. In a way the story is fairly incidental, but it is vaguely from the whodunnit genre. There are various believable red herrings, and a nice twist in the tale, so all in all it deserves a rating of 8/10