agatha raisin and the potted gardener audiobook

A new woman comes to Agatha's village and gets murdered. This is the third book in the series and the first I have read.

I really enjoyed reading this book and want to give a high rating and an excellent review, but I cannot. The Potted Gardner is an amusing addition to the series, making me anxious to discover Agatha's next embarrassing manoeuvre. I do wish the resolution of the mystery had a bit more wow factor, but again this is often the way of the genre - lots of clues, liberal splashes of local color, and then the answer suddenly arrives wrapped up in a tidy little package.īut we read cozies specifically for their comfort value and Agatha Raisin delivers that in spades, along with a welcome dash of humor. The usual question also occurs to me: with so many people getting murdered in this 'idyllic' locale, why on earth do people stick around?!Īgatha is endearing in her ridiculous way, her neighbours delightfully peculiar, and the murder so oddly executed that I was comfortably entrenched from start to finish. If only she could picture herself as others do.but I suppose that's true of all of us and it probably makes the abrasive Agatha more relatable a character.Īs is common with a cozy mystery (the good ones, at least), The Potted Gardner brings back a cast of familiar characters and makes me feel right at home amidst the village intrigue. She's a strange little woman, one I'd dearly like to shake into feeling more self-assured.

It's been awhile since I last visited Agatha, yet I found it easy to get sucked back into her not-so-quiet world. I have one major issue when it comes to the cozy mystery: just a blink of the eye and I suddenly realise I've spent the better part of an evening completely engrossed in mischief and murder.

Agatha raisin and the potted gardener audiobook