A review by kmg365
Beating about the Bush by M.C. Beaton

4.0

Excellent outing for Agatha. Beaton pulled out all the stops for the 30th book in the series.

The body count was not as high as usual (a good thing, in my opinion). Agatha is still Agatha (see the donkey sub-plot in this book) but it seemed to me as though she'd grown up just a bit.

In one instance, I thought she was a model of restraint (for her, that is) when she sets her cap at a new man. In another, an event that 25 books ago would have had her jetting off on a holiday to avoid having to deal with her feelings showed her handling it with a level of maturity I did not know she possessed.

I hope we get more than just a one-sentence resolution to the “Charlie” situation in the next book.