Name: Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wykhadden
Rating: 3.4 (10 reviews)

M.C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wykhadden

M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin takes a break in an off-season seaside holiday spot, seeking to recover from a previous case, which left her with bald patches. She seeks the help of the local witch to speed up the hair restoration process -- with some success -- but the witch is murdered, and Agatha decides to help with the investigation.

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden

Sian Wadey

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M.C. Beaton

I love the Agatha Raisin series and this one is no exception. They're great easy reads with brilliant characters, especially the titular Agatha Raisin. The plots are excellent and I never normally work out who the culprit is.

After being shaved bald during a previous case, Agatha Raisin goes to a seaside resort and enlists the aid of a local witch to grow her hair back, putting her right in the middle of things when the witch is found dead. Reprint.

Barbara Williford

After a disaster from the last case, Agatha runs away on an extensive holiday where she meets a new set of odd friends. While she is at the sea side resort, her room is broken into and there are a series of death surrounding her friends and once again she is a suspect. Through all this mayhem, her love life takes several sudden turns. Another laugh out loud cozy little mystery.

Sarah Escorsa

An enjoyable Agatha Raisin mystery and a quick, light read. I particularly enjoyed the setting of the seaside village of Fryham and the elderly residents of Agatha's hotel. Still, this read was a bit disappointing to me compared to other Agatha Raisin books I have read in the past and I now find myself enjoying MC Beaton's Hamish Macbeth mysteries more than Agatha Raisin ones.

The ninth in the Agatha Raisin murder mysteries.

Amanda Wells

The library interrupted my plan to read more Ian Rankin by informing me that the next two Agatha Raisin books were now available... so here we are! I guess that shows you the esteem I hold Mrs Raisin in! 

This book started off really well. An interesting premise, new location that I could imagine pretty vividly, and new characters that I enjoyed getting to know. I just had a little trouble with the pacing, and I found it a little hard to get to the end. 

Nonetheless, I enjoyed it overall. Agatha is so clever, but also so silly. She's horrible to people, but occasionally really very compassionate. I am a LITTLE worried I'll be her in my 50s, but also not too sad about it.

Christin Sharp

Sonja H

Yulande Lindsay

Eye of newt, toe of frog . . . and murder most foul! Left with bald patches thanks to the wicked doings of a murderer from a previous investigation, Agatha flees to coastal Wyckhadden to re-grow her lost locks. With hair tonic supplied by a local witch, Agatha's tresses begin to flow - but the witch is found bludgeoned to death. The odd elderly residents of Agatha's elegantly faded hotel seem innocuous, but as she delves deeper she discovers secrets best left and powerful motives for revenge. Balancing the amorous attentions of police inspector Jimmy Jessop with an ever more treacherous search for the killer, Agatha is at her wits' end - and ready to cast a spell of her own . . . Praise for the Agatha Raisin series: 'Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure' Anne Robinson 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly 'The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine.' Booklist

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