Certainly I do not regret purchasing it and I intend to get any subsequent books in this and in Ms Beaton's Hamish MacBeth series-I also have every available book in that series as well. I have every book in the series, and there are many, so I suppose that some will strike me as more interesting than others. Ms Larkin's performance was fine, but I had gotten used to Ms Keith and narrator changes within a series are somewhat disconcerting for me. Other than that, there was no one thing I can point to to indicate the lower rating of this book, just an overall 'blah' feeling. As other reviews have noted, there were some errors of continuity such as Mrs Bloxby's first name and the age difference between Agatha and Sir Charles.

This is an okay entry in the series, but not one of the better Agatha books. Pushing Up Daisies continues the tradition of this beloved mystery series. Agatha, Gerald, and her team of detectives must untangle a web of contempt in order to uncover a killer's identity.

But when that woman is also found murdered, Gerald is eager to help Agatha with the case. Too bad he was seen kissing another newcomer. The good news is that a handsome retired detective named Gerald has recently moved to town. But when Damian hires Agatha to find the real killer, she finds no shortage of suspects. His father's death, it seems, was no accident. But the police are definitely interested in him - as suspect number one. The villagers are relieved to learn that Bellington's son and heir, Damian, has no interest in continuing his father's development plans. When Agatha and her friend, Sir Charles Fraith, attempt to convince Lord Bellington to abandon his plans, he scoffs, 'Do you think I give a damn about those pesky villagers?' So when Agatha finds his obituary in the newspaper two weeks later, it's no surprise that some people in town are feeling celebratory.

Lord Bellington, a wealthy land developer, wants to turn the community garden into a housing estate. Unfortunately the village she lives in is about to get a little less cozy. When Agatha Raisin left behind her public-relations business in London, she fulfilled her dream of settling in the cozy British Cotswolds, where she began a successful private detective agency. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin is back on a case and poking around where she doesn't belong.

Pushing up daisies by mc beaton