
Death of a Cad - Hamish Macbeth (Paperback)
M. C. Beaton (author)
£8.99
Paperback
288 Pages
Published: 02/05/2017
Published: 02/05/2017
When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, everyone in town is delighted...except for love-smitten Hamish Macbeth. Yet the affairs of his heart will have to wait. Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered - shot while on a grouse hunt. Now with so many titled party guests as prime suspects, each with their own reason for snuffing out the despicable captain, Hamish must smooth ruffled feathers as he investigates the case...and catch a killer, before they fly the coop!
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781472124074
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 200 g
Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 24 mm
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M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore and I'm very glad to own a complete set
M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore and I'm very glad to own a complete set
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life * Good Book Guide *
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life * Good Book Guide *
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status * The Times *
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status * The Times *
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh * New York Times *
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh * New York Times *
Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive * Houston Chronicle *
Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive * Houston Chronicle *
An enchanting series....M.C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery * New York Times Book Review *
An enchanting series....M.C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery * New York Times Book Review *
Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth * Booklist *
Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth * Booklist *
Recommended for all mystery collections * Library Journal *
Recommended for all mystery collections * Library Journal *
M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore and I'm very glad to own a complete set
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life * Good Book Guide *
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life * Good Book Guide *
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status * The Times *
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status * The Times *
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh * New York Times *
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh * New York Times *
Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive * Houston Chronicle *
Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive * Houston Chronicle *
An enchanting series....M.C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery * New York Times Book Review *
An enchanting series....M.C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery * New York Times Book Review *
Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth * Booklist *
Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth * Booklist *
Recommended for all mystery collections * Library Journal *
Recommended for all mystery collections * Library Journal *
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