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Death of a Dreamer by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery
She couldn't paint to save her life - so someone's given her a lesson by taking it! Most newcomers don't stay long in remote Lochdubh - usually boredom, dampness and nosy locals drive them out. But it looks as if artist Effie Garrand has come to stay. When Hamish Macbeth calls on her he's amazed to find ...Show more
Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth #21) by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
She couldn't paint to save her life - so someone's given her a lesson by taking it! Most newcomers don't stay long in remote Lochdubh - usually boredom, dampness and nosy locals drive them out. But it looks as if artist Effie Garrard has come to stay. When Hamish Macbeth calls on her he's amazed to fin ...Show more
Death of a Dustman by M.C. Beaton
Category: Fiction | Series: Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery
When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre and is dubbed the 'Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant and when his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, ...Show more
Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth #16) by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
Grime and punishment . . . When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre and is dubbed 'Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant and when his body is found stuf ...Show more
Death of a Gentle Lady by M. C. Beaton
Category: Fiction | Series: Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery
Mrs Gentle has fooled everyone into thinking she is as sweet as she sounds - Gentle by name and gentle by nature. But local constable Hamish Macbeth isn't fooled. He believes this little old lady is actually quite sly and vicious, but he's in a minority of one. Or is he? When Mrs Gentle dies under unusu ...Show more
Death of a Gentle Lady by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, ...Show more
Death of a Gentle Lady (Hamish Macbeth #23) by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, ...Show more
Death of a Ghost by M.c. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth
There are many ruined castles in Scotland. One such lies outside the village of Drim. Hamish begins to hear reports that this castle is haunted and lights have been seen there at night, but he assumes it's some children or maybe the local lads going there to smoke pot, or, worse, inject themselves with ...Show more
Death of a Glutton (Hamish Macbeth #8) by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
Her table manners were a crime. But she didn't deserve to die! There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine but not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week ...Show more
Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton
Category: Children's | Series: Hamish Macbeth
When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joins the local fishing class she wastes no time in ruffling the feathers - or should that be fins? - of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue is Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth, yet not even Hamish thinks someone would seriou ...Show more
Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth #1) by M. C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery
When a famous gossip columnist is murdered at the local fishing school, no one is ready to talk. It's up to Hamish Macbeth, with the inspiring assistance of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, to sniff out the right rat amid all the cunning anglers with secrets to hide. But someone has baited a hook ...Show more
Death of a Green-Eyed Monster by M.C. Beaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Hamish Macbeth Ser.
No one in Lochdubh expects Dorothy to stay for long...She is, after all, entirely unsuitable. She's an uptown girl, used to a fancy lifestyle in the big city of Glasgow. She'll never fit in. And how is that work-shy rogue Hamish Macbeth supposed to get anything done when his new assistant is such a dist ...Show more