Beating About the Bush

Penelope Keith returns to narrate Book 30 in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series. Keith provides the perfect voice, tone, and tempo for the delightfully flawed Agatha Raisin, who solves crimes in the Cotswolds. This time Agatha's private detective agency is hired to investigate industrial espionage. Before long, she and her crew are involved in a murder supposedly committed by a bad-tempered, flatulent donkey. Keith differentiates the voices of the many men in Agatha's life with varying British accents and other class distinctions. Listeners new to the series will quickly pick up on the backstories. Overall, Keith delivers an Agatha who is sassy, totally self-involved, and endearing, making for an engaging and genuinely funny listening experience. E.Q. � AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine