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Christmas Crumble
Christmas Crumble: An Agatha Raisin Short Story | M. C. Beaton
7 posts | 11 read | 3 to read
M.C. Beaton's Christmas Crumble ... a Christmas tale that's holly, jollyand deadly, by golly... At home alone for the holidays, Agatha Raisin decides to host a dinner party for the elder residents in her Cotswold village of Winter Parva. Agatha's never been much of a homemaker, but she's dead-set on making this the perfect holiday for the "crumblies," as she affectionately calls them. She's decorated a tree while fending off her cats Hodge and Boswell, and even made a (lumpy) Christmas pudding in between swigs of rum. But when Agatha dumps the pudding on the head of the local self-proclaimed lotharioan eighty-five year old with a beer belly and fingers like sausageshis death by dessert proves more than a trifle as mysteries mount higher than the season's snowfall. So much for trying to do good by her neighbors. Now Agatha needs no less than a Christmas miracle to get herself out of this one... Deck the halls with boughs of folly this Christmas with Agatha Raisin, a modern-day Miss Marple, who Publishers Weekly calls "an absolute gem!"
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Librarybelle
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Mehso-so

An “in between” short story featuring Agatha Raisin that did not quite work. Agatha hosts a Christmas party for a few seniors, and one dies. Agatha is then concerned about the aftermath…vague, so I don‘t give away too many details.

Short stories are very hit or miss for me, often lacking in development and detail. This story, while it hits the plot points, seems a bit convoluted, more than a usual Agatha Raisin story. Oh well!

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Laughterhp
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Mehso-so

So, didn‘t know this was a 30 page short story and goodreads didn‘t show what number or .5 number book this was in the Series. So I read it… thinking what harm can a 30 page story do to me when I‘ve only read 3-4 Agatha Raisin stories… apparently it can spoil a lot 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

#TeamGameSleigher +26pts
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#wintercosy
#christmasmyway
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DieAReader 🎉🎉 2y
PuddleJumper That's annoying! 2y
TheAromaofBooks I hate it when that happens!!! 2y
TheSpineView Bummer! 2y
Jadams89 👍🏻🎅🏻🎉 2y
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GardenJess
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Pickpick

Super short read - this was two chapters long. Enjoyable , but not earth shattering. 3/5

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veritysalter
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Pickpick

#WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayRead - a reread of this fun short story. I love Agatha Raisin (cosy crime), her inept, but ultimately correct detections are a wonderful read

Linsy I had fun with this one too! 4y
Clwojick 21 pt. 4y
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Linsy
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Pickpick

This was a riot! More hilarious antics from the fabulous Agatha Raisin — this time of a short, holiday variety. 😆

#holidayread #wintergames #thefilthyanimals

BlameJennyJane She‘s always something! And that old perv... karma? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪 4y
Rissa1 Love the mug. 4y
Linsy @BlameJennyJane Ha, I think so! I wasn‘t sorry 🤣 4y
Linsy @Rissa1 Thanks! I got it for answering Harry Potter trivia on the Hogwarts Express 😄 (edited) 4y
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BlameJennyJane
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Pickpick

Agatha Raisin managed to bumble her way through another one! Aggie‘s Christmas stories put me right in the holiday mood! 🌲

#WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals #HolidayRead

rather_be_reading 21pts🤶 4y
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Clutterbucks_Queen
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Pickpick

A delightful, humorous short story about death by Christmas pudding!
I loved this!

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