With the Christmas season approaching Agatha Raisin is looking forward to the season and is planning a huge meal for all her friends. However, before the big day arrives Agatha has to solve a couple of mundane cases for her detective agency, and also a case that looks far more interesting!
A rich old woman, a Phyllis Tamworthy, believes her family are plotting to kill her and asks Agatha to come down and investigate. Agatha heads down to investigate and is unable to protect Phyllis before she is found dead! With a dead client on her hands Agatha starts to investigate a family and a town, where nothing is what is seems.
I love Agatha Raisin. She's the coolest mature-age sleuth. I've been reading her stories for about three years and with each adventure I admire her even more. She has sass and vinegar and isn't afraid to speak her mind. She also has a softer side, and we get a sneak peek at her softer side in this adventure.
In Kissing Christmas Goodbye Agatha hires a new detective, Toni Gilmour. Toni is young, only 17, and has an abusive brother and drunk mother. Agatha, coming from the wrong side of the track herself, sees that Toni needs help and offers to improve her situation in life. I love seeing the softer side of Agatha. She comes across hard nosed but she is also very sweet as well.
I enjoyed the mystery in Kissing Christmas Goodbye. There is certainly more to the Tamworthy family then meets the eye, and they are certainly more twisted than they appear. I enjoyed watching Toni and Agatha work together to solve the mystery and look forward to more adventures with Toni.
I listened to Kissing Christmas Goodbye on audio, and I enjoyed the narration. It certainly wasn't as good as Penelope Keith's narration but was better than some of the other narrators for this series. I continue to enjoy listening to this series on audio and I look forward to listening to the rest of the books.
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