M.C. Beaton is one of my favorite authors. She's also a prolific writer with several series of books to her credit. One of my favorite is her Agatha Raisin mystery series.
Beaton's books (pen name for Marion Chesney) are not great literature. Her writing sometimes reads almost in outline form, but her story lines and mystery plots are intriguing and I always look forward to her next book.
Her Hamish Macbeth mystery series about a policeman in a small village in Scotland is also pretty good. It was made into a British television series back in the 1990's.
I'd love to see the Agatha Raisin books made into a television series. The setting for the books is the English Cottswalds, so that would be beautiful. Agatha herself is a entertaining character and there are lots of other interesting characters in the books to make it interesting.
If you are looking for a new mystery series with good plots and easy reading, give either one of these a try.
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