Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He's been promoted, his boss is a dunce, and--to add insult to injury--a sinister self-proclaimed gypsy and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the village. When the unsavory newcomer is murdered, Hamish regrets it only because his bones tell him the killer may be one of his friends. ...
Lady Jane Winters, society widow and gossip, is found dead at an angling school in Scotland. Who wouldn't want her shrills silenced? Local policeman, Hamish Macbeth is suspicious. With the inspiring aid of Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish pursues the case.
A murderer is abroad in the picturesque village of Lochdubh, Scotland, and dogged policeman Hamish Macbeth is determined to find out who it is, even if it costs him his job--which it might.
Beaton's bestselling trilogy--as rich and warming as fine malt whiskey, and every bit as addictive ("Houston Chronicle")--continues as Hamish Macbeth, Scotland's most laconic and low-tech policeman, investigates the death of a woman with seemingly unearthly powers.
The rugged landscape of Scotland attracts dreamers who move north, wrapped in fantasies of enjoying the simple life. They usually don't last, but it looks as if Effie Garrard has come to stay. When Constable Hamish Macbeth calls on her, he's amazed that she weathered the difficult winter. But Effie is quite delusional, imagining that she's engaged ...
Local constable Hamish MacBeth is a bit confused when first approached by astrologer Elspeth Grant--she seems to think that her cosy village is dying. It turns out that her concern is over the sudden departure of a number of neighbors who won't tell her why they moved. MacBeth has his work cut out for him as he tries to uncover who, or what, is ...
Constable Macbeth takes a vacation in the coastal town of Skay. There he finds an annoying, unmarried woman, two young secretaries who believe a disco is a necessity, an obnoxious husband, hosts who are less than cordial . . . and a corpse. To avoid spending any more time at the horrid bed and breakfast, he must solve the case quickly--because he ...
Mrs. Gillespie, the regions most famous maid, is violently struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs. Gillespies penchant for gossip, Hamish Macbeth is sure she delighted in finding out her clients secrets--which means that everyone whose home she cleaned is a suspect.
Award-winning novelist and soap-opera scriptwriter John Heppel's writing class, given in the Lochdubh village hall, has not been terribly successful. Although he initially attracted several aspiring writers to the class, it's soon obvious that Heppel is a dull egomaniac and a savage critic of his students' work. When Heppel is murdered, suspicion ...
All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiance. Then a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village--a rich, unmarried heartbreaker, causing rivalry among the local women. It is amusing until death threats, assault and murder shatter the tranquil countryside. Hamish must investigate the darker side of ...
Maria Worth has come to hate her partner, Peta Gore, who has become the bane of her otherwise successful business life. When Peta turns up at a gathering in a remote village, everyone bands together in mutual loathing - but does someone hate her enough to kill her? Hamish Macbeth investigates.
Former drug addict Tommy Jarret rents a Scottish chalet to check out reports of a sea monster. But when he is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, constable Hamish Macbeth suspects foul play. Teaming with Glasgow Detective Inspector Olivia Chater, Macbeth goes undercover and dives into the underworld to root out a cartel secretly entrenched in ...
Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth investigates the slaying of a mystery writer who dares to complain about a television adaptation of her books that turns her aristocratic heroine into a marijuana-smoking hippie.
As a series of poison pen letters sweeps through the town of Lochdubh, Hamish Macbeth begins to suspect a sinister motive, a suspicion that is justified when the local postmistress is found hanged, a supposed suicide.
Constable Hamish Macbeth finds himself confronted by a wealth of suspects when gorgeous, yet vindictive, BBC reporter Crystal French, who has made many enemies in the village of Lochdubh by insulting the shopkeepers and publicly humiliating Hamish, is found murdered. Reprint.
When the village strong man is murdered right before a long-awaited wrestling match, policeman Hamish Macbeth isn't as quick to accept the easy solution as do his superiors. Even if he has to go undercover to Glasgow, Hamish is determined to bring in the real killer.
In the highlands of Lochdubh, Scotland, crime doesn't take a holiday. At Christmas, Constable Hamish Macbeth finds himself protecting an unhappy girl, unlocking the secrets of a frightened old woman, and retrieving some stolen holiday goods. Now the lawman must use all his charm and skills to make things right before Lochdubh is forced to face ...
A Hamish Macbeth mystery. Constable Macbeth's contented village life is disturbed when someone poisons newcomer Trixie Thomas. Being English and unemployed, the Thomases were not popular, and not everyone is devastated by her death.
When Maggie's car catches fire, with her inside, there are five likely perpertrators, all house guests at her luxurious Highlands cottage, and all with ample time to meddle with the car. Dectective Hamish Macbeth is called in to solve the murder.
When the elderly Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked and outraged. Chief Detective Inspector Blair suspects members of her family, but Hamish Macbeth thinks theres more to the story, and begins investigating the truth behind this ladys gentle exterior.
Nobody in the Scottish town of Cnothan had liked the abrasive Englishman, and now that he had been murdered - nobody much minds. Hamish Macbeth's hard luck is that he happened to be on temporary duty in this cloistered village when the killer struck.
Scottish constable Hamish Macbeth goes to the dentist one morning, only to find him dead on the floor. In this, his 13th case, Hamish follows the clues to find the murderer.
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