I thought Beaton might be under the mystery sub-genre "Classic" but it feels there's not enough heart and soul in them to be up there with Christie, Chandler and Doyle, for instance.

During the dark, grey days of early December Agatha is obsessed by two things - the loming festivities, and her ex, James Lacey. Known as the “Queen of Crime” (The Globe and Mail), she was born in Scotland and started her career writing historical romances under several pseudonyms as well as her maiden name, Marion Chesney.I read this a while ago, so I don't 100% remember everything, but I do remember how much I enjoyed listening to the story.

se passe en octobre et novembre, pis à la fin, Agatha fait son souper de Noël "traditionnel" raté, même pas à Noël mais une semaine avant. Sir Charles is much more of a recurring character and occasional love interest than he is in the screen adaptation and his cheap and chintzy manners are played up quite a bit.

During the dark, grey days of early December, the sleuth is obsessed by two things - the looming festivities, and her ex James Lacey. Full of all her usual fun (even when not intended ) I will down load the next story The 18th in the series. Agatha has also taken a new young detective under her wing, somewhat becoming the surrogate mother to Tony. I love Ashley Jensen's Agatha and can't wait to watch the episode of Kissing Christmas Goodbye tonight! Agatha hopes to have the best Christmas dinner party ever, and in a way she does, but so many unexpected things happen.

As if she has a formula and replaced each circumstance, adjective and character to be an opposite to Hamish. Toni and Charles infiltrate a pagan clan while Agatha, Roy and Sarah investigate the victim's family and workers at the Lower Tapor mansion. When Mrs Tamworthy engages Agatha to find out who wants to kill her, it leads to many hidden, dark secrets for the Tamworthy family.Agatha is in fine form in this story still insecure, still trying to get emphysema, cirrhosis of the liver and of course a man in her life. I enjoyed this book, I like the addition of Tony, and the Christmas dinner made me laugh, especially the snowmachine.