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Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 1) 40 reviews
M. C. Beaton
St Martins Pr, 1992
British asocial Jessica Fletcher type.....
...And great fun to read! Agatha first comes across as hard to take, but pretty soon we begin to appreciate her vulnerability. Set in the Cotswold villages of Britain, Agatha's adventures are closely tied in with her inability to safely navigate normal social life amongst the village. The supporting cast is wonderfully diverse, and the humor that is liberally sprinkled throughout Agatha's ...
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Meeting God in Quiet Places: The Cotswold Parables4 reviews
F. Lagard Smith
Harvest House Pub, 1992
A reflective walk along an Cotswold path
This is an excellent for anyone who has ever dreamed on visiting the "not so beaten paths of England. In each nook and cranny, Mr. Smith not only describes the beauty of the surroundings, but also weaves a touching testimony of how God is in all things. Each chapter unfolds another thought provoking revelation of nature and of God.
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Passing On7 reviews
Penelope Lively
Wm Collins & Sons & Co, 1989
The Sins of the Mother
Helen and Edward Glover have just buried their mother, Dorothy. Dorothy, the manipulative and domineering woman that she was, raised two meek children who did her bidding and one child, Suzanne who escaped her, but understood the life her siblings had led. Penelope Lively has once again written a wonderfully literate book of characters, showing their foibles, yet the allowing the mysteries of ...
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Call the Dead Again2 reviews
Ann Granger
Thorndike Pr, 1999
Superb Cotswold police procedural
While driving home, Meredith Mitchell picks up a hitchhiker whom she drops off near the home of European VIP Andrew Penhallow and his family. Meredith soon enjoys the comfort of being with her lover, police superintendent Alan Markby. The next day, Andrew's wife finds her spouse murdered. Suspicion immediately falls on the hitchhiker. Alan conducts an official investigation while ...
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Cider with Rosie6 reviews
Laurie Lee
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1978
On my Top Ten List.
This book was required reading during my childhood and, of course, I couldn't have dragged myself more slowly through it. How wise we become with age. This is an astonishing book. Lee is such a master of description that, after only a few pages, you slowly start to smell the fresh country air and hear the languid sounds of summer as you are inescabably drawn into the world of his childhood - ...
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CANDLE FOR A CORPSE (A MITCHELL & MARKBY COTSWOLD WHODUNNIT)2 reviews
ANN GRANGER
HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING LTD, 1995
A completely winsome and capitaving book;worthy of your time
This was my first (but definitely not my last) experience with Meredith and Markby. I completely enjoyed this story, and my only complaint was that the style was so easy to read I was through the book long before I was ready for it to end. I felt like a child following a trail of jelly beans as the clues and red herrings turned up. Just an awfully lot of fun with a couple of sharp plot turns ...
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The edge of day; a boyhood in the west of England3 reviews
Laurie Lee
Also known as "Cider with Rosie"
I checked this book out of my public library thinking it was a collection of stories in addition to "Cider with Rosie". It is not. According to the book itself, "The Edge of Day" is the title for the first American edition of "Cider with Rosie". The only glaring difference between "Cider" and "Edge" is that in "Edge" Mr. Lee names his brothers and sisters in his dedication, while in "Cider" he ...
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Troubling Questions for Calvinists...And All the Rest of Us3 reviews
F. LaGard Smith
Cotswold Publishing, 2007
Destroys Calvinism!
Well written, well documented book that thoroughly destroys Calvinism. The question is will Calvinists put aside their bad hermeneutics, their unBiblical definitions of words found in the Bible and their Augustinian presuppositions and see the truth? I pray they will. For some more good doctrine, check out www.LibraryOfTheology.com
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Cotswolds and the Vale of Berkeley (AA Ordnance Survey Leisure Guide)2 reviews
Christopher Knowles
AA Publishing, 1996
Great guidebook with excellent maps!
I am very pleased with The Passport's Regional Guide to the Cotswolds. This book is not large but packs a lot into the 128 pages. I am especially impressed with the maps in this book. Each area has a smaller map with areas of interest which are highlighted. In addition, there is a four page larger detailed map of the entire area in the back of the book.I found these maps to be very easy to ...
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Whispering Back4 reviews
Nicole Golding, Adam Goodfellow
Ebury Press, 2004
MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ALL
Whispering Back is a must-have book, not just for horse lovers but for everyone. It is a moving, inspiring story that can change the way you think about horses - and life! It made me laugh, cry and smile. A compelling tale full of heros and heroines. Hurry and buy it! Hurry and write another, Nicole and Adam!
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Insight Compact Guide the Cotswolds (Insight Compact Guide Cotswolds)1 review
Christopher Catling
Langenscheidt Publishers, 1998
Fantastic
Great book. Used it while in the car to get from place to place. Very informative, well written.
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Garden tours of England: Self guided tours of the Cotswolds1 review
Windsor Hill Pub, 1997
Delightful and informative, helped my vacation planning
Very helpful both before our trip and after we arrived in England. The day to day calender allowed us to better plan and enjoy our time in the country. Can't wait to get the next book in the series.
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Cotswolds: The 2006 Calendar (Travel and Places Wall Calendars)1 review
Browntrout Publishers, 2005
Good pictures
Second year have bought this calendar and enjoy the pictures very much, they are nice normal photos which will make people love the cotswolds even if they didn't love the area already.
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English Country Interiors: Inside Cotswold Homes1 review
Sarah North
Mitchell Beazley, 2004
The Particular Flavor of the Cotswolds
Writer Sarah North with photographer Mark Nicholson take us through a stroll of Cotswold homes in a most unique way. The Cotswolds region is in central England, covering an area bounded by Oxford, Stratford, Cheltenham and Bath, an area known for quaint villages and scenic countryside. The term 'Cotswold' for most homeowners conjures visions of serene beauty of habitat and this excursion ...
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Death In The Cotswolds1 review
Rebecca Tope
Ulverscroft Large Print, 2008
A complex story populated with memorable characters and some truly fascinating twists and turns
"Death In The Cotswold" by expert mystery author Rebecca Tope is the story of Thea Osborne who becomes embroiled in murder and mystery when the autumn preparations for Samhain (the pagan origin of Halloween) are interrupted with the discovery of a body laid out like a sacrificial victim on the Notgrove Barrow. Teaming up Ariadne, with a true eccentric, Thea finds that a seemingly cozy English ...
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Flowers for His Funeral: A Markby and Mitchell Village Whodunit1 review
Ann Granger
St Martins Pr, 1995
great cozy stuff
Well, you either like this genre or not. I do, and this series is one of the best. Great relaxing stuff. not are trying as Graham, not as bleak as Dexter, nor as intellectual as Sayers, but fun stuff all the same.
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Cotswold Gardens1 review
David Hicks, Suzannah Brooks-Smith
Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1996
Great Gardens
This is an excellent book for those who are interested in British gardens in the Cotwolds as a picture book and as a travel guide. Excellent photography and an good selection of gardens in the area.
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Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Agatha Raisin, 12th in the series)1 review
Books on Tape -4 cassettes, 2002
Who Killed the Bride?
In the 12th book in the Agatha Raisin series, Agatha is still feeling a bit blue after her husband, James Lacey, leaves her to join a monastery. Saying that his brain tumor is now cured, he tells Agatha that he wants to become a monk and moves to France. Sad and alone, Agatha takes a holiday to a small island, and while she is there, she spots a newlywed couple, only to find out days later that ...
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Diary of a Cotswold Parson1 review
F. E. Witts
Humanities Pr, 1980
An excellent picture of life in mid-19th century Gloustershire
I purchased this volume from a small bookshop in the market town of Moreton-in-Marsh. This is a colorful and detailed view of rural life in the Cotswolds from 1820 - 1852. The diary was kept by the Reverend F.E. Witts during the bulk of his career as a country parson. These are delightful descriptions! Anyone who is interested in English country life should read this book.
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The Cotswolds1 review
Joscelyne Finberg
Eyre Methuen, 1977
The Cotswolds
A band of golden limestone lies across the [...] of England from the Humber to the Dorset coast, creating a gently flowing landscape and providing marvellous building stones which make its presence immediately recognisable. This formation is at its widest, and reaches its highest levels and its most attractive and distinctive character, in the upland country called the Cotswolds. The region lies ...
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