![]() “I visited regularly while we were working on the book but I never sat at her bedside. I thought that would essentially mean taking some dictation but it turned out that she wanted me to be more involved than that. She wanted somebody she could trust and we thought I could be of some help. ![]() “Marion had lots of ideas, but she was not well enough to sit in front of a computer all day. I was there as a chauffeur for my wife more than anything else. “My wife went to see her because they needed to discuss what was going to happen to the book. She was struggling and had the next Agatha Raisin book to write. “We’d meet at functions and we always got on well because we were both Scottish and had worked as journalists. “I knew Marion for more than 20 years,” he said. He explained how the surprise succession came about. Rod, who has written 80 non-fiction books, met the novelist through her publisher Krystyna Green, who happens to be his wife. Now he is busy working on a new Hamish Macbeth. The latest Agatha Raisin, Hot To Trot, written by Rod with the approval of her creator – real name Marion Chesney Gibbons – and completed just a couple of weeks before she died is just out. To her legions of fans around the world, she was the undisputed queen of cosy crime.īest 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.īut 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.ĭogged Highland bobby Hamish and irascible, gin-swilling ex-public relations executive-turned detective Agatha will live on in Rod’s reliable hands. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. ![]() Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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