M. C. Beaton
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Hamish's new constable, Dorothy McIver, may be the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Completely bewitched by her sparkling blue eyes, Hamish spends the summer traveling with her up and down Sutherland until finally, he can take...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, the whole town is delighted -- save perhaps for love-smitten bobby Hamish Macbeth. But the morning after a posh engagement party, one of the guests, Captain Bartlett, is murdered on a grouse hunt.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or--more accurately--dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All that remain of the murdered victim are his bones. But after the lobsters are shipped off to Britain's best restaurants, the whole affair quickly lands on the plate of Constable Hamish Macbeth.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A fun and quirky whodunit set in the Scottish Isles tests police officer Hamish MacBeth in this Christmastime murder mystery from New York Times bestselling and Agatha Raisin television series author M.C. Beaton.Believing that someone is trying to murder her, gorgeous Jane Wetherby asks Hamish Macbeth to spend Christmas with her and an exclusive group of friends at her Scottish island health farm. With a cold in his head and no place to go for the...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 15
Agatha Raisin mystery volume 15
Hamish Macbeth mystery volume 15
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Agatha Raisin mystery volume 15
Hamish Macbeth mystery volume 15
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Language
English
Description
Agatha Raisin turns private detective with her own agency in the Cotswolds.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Maggie Baird is neither nice nor kind nor generous. Once she was beautiful, but now, although middle-aged, she retains the appetites of a beautiful woman. When Maggie's car catches fire with her inside it, suspicion focuses on the five houseguests staying at Maggie's luxurious Highlands cottage: her timid niece and four former lovers, once of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are impecunious. All five had ample opportunity...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He has-horrors!-been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish smells trouble, and he's right, as usual. The doctor's drugs go missing. Money vanishes. Neighbors suddenly become unneighborly. The tension only explodes after the itinerant Sean is found brutally...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A compilation of two Hamish Macbeth mysteries, the first being Death of a Gossip, followed by Death of a Cad. Lady Jane Winters is a gossip and one of her victims is Hamish Macbeth. Even though she is disliked, he is still surprised to find her murdered. Now he must maneuver through her life to discover her killer. The 'cad' is Captain Bartlett, found murdered at an engagement party. Many of the guests had motive, and Hamish must tread carefully as...