Hamish, Agatha and me: Writer on taking up the best-selling pen of MC Beaton, the undisputed queen of cosy crime
To her legions of fans around the world, she was the undisputed queen of cosy crime.
Best known as creator of best-selling village crime-fighters Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, MC Beaton wrote hundreds of books before her death in December.
But now her characters – brought to life on screen by Robert Carlyle and Ashley Jensen – will continue as her friend and fellow writer, Rod Green, has been revealed as guardian of her literary legacy.
Dogged Highland bobby Hamish and irascible, gin-swilling ex-public relations executive-turned detective Agatha will live on in Rod’s reliable hands.