Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist

I love Agatha Raisin and await each new book in the series with great anticipation. Other reviewers criticized this book, complaining about the heroine, Agatha's many and varied imperfections. Agatha, who grew up in the Birmingham slums, managed to claw her way to the top in the London PR world, while always maintaining the dream of one day living in a pretty Cotswold village. Now in her 50s, with a thickening waistline... Read Full Review

Agatha Raisin who had retired to the quiet life in the Cotswold village of Carsley, is finding life to be very boring without the companionship of James Lacey. She's depressed because James, the love of her life has broken off their engagement. Of course, he had a good reason to do so, because Agatha had not told him the complete truth about her husband, Jimmy. She had led him to believe that Jimmy was dead, and both Agatha... Read Full Review

We get to go along on vacation with Agatha and James to the warm, inviting island of Crete. But they aren't really together -- or are they? Their relationship has more ups and downs than a roller coaster! And how does that other vacationer from the Cotswolds fit in? And somebody was murdered -- but everybody keeps partying. What are the relationships of all these terrible tourists? This is a nice entry in the Agatha series... Read Full Review

This book was wonderful. The conflict between Agatha, James, Charles and the new characters was delightful, and I can't wait until the next one! I have read all of the Hamish McBeth and he can't beat Agatha! I love her, she is sooo funny!

Agatha takes devoted fans through the ringer with her romantic escapades and her perilous adventures. Readers should expect to be starved for more of agatha especially in the James Lacey department upon completion of this book. Despite the severely painful adventures agatha faces in this book, her self esteem seems to be improved.