Beating About the Bush by M.C. Beaton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I shall really miss the late M.C. Beaton. Full disclosure: I forgive her things I wouldn’t any other writer — an abundance of exclamation marks, flipping about from “Toni said” to “said Toni,” all manner of verbs replacing “said” — and more than the occasional head hop. But the plots are intriguing, if not entirely plausible, the writing fast-paced and witty. (“She might have had a cute smile, Agatha thought, if she didn’t have a chin like an open sideboard drawer.) And what’s not to love about a sharp-tongued protagonist like Agatha Raisin, who has the good grace to be a fashionable private investigator in her 50s, aging (and trying to fight every year of it), and always on the lookout for love…or at least romance. A fun read for fans of the traditional cozy. RIP Ms. Beaton. Thank you for leading the way and for endless hours of pleasure.
GOODREADS RATING SYSTEM:
5: It was amazing
4: really liked it
3: liked it
2: It was okay
1: didn’t like it