A busman's holiday for Hamish . . .
After losing both his promotion and the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish Macbeth decides the best cure for a broken heart is a week's break at the charming coastal village of Skag.
When he arrives at the Friendly House B&B, however, he finds the ambience chilling, the food inedible and his fellow guests less than neighbourly. They include the annoying Miss Gunnery; a family from London; and Bob Harris, who so nags his wife that everyone wants to kill him. And then somebody does.
Now it is up to Hamish to act - to dig deep into the past and deliver something more daunting than merely the culprit: justice.
Praise for M.C. Beaton:
'The books are a delight: clever, intricate, sardonic and amazingly true to the real Highlands' Kerry Greenwood
'It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh' New York Times
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781472124470
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 210 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 19 mm
Beaton's Hamish MacBeth stories are always good, but the latest is a standout. The plot is even better than usual, the characters are more engaging, and even the mostly dour and serious Hamish is funnier and more likable than usual. - Booklist
Beaton has fine-tuned her MacBeth series into something altogether winning. In this 11th entry, her plot is top-notch, a few somber notes demonstrate her touch for understated compassion and, as always, Hamish and his highland cohorts are lovingly rendered. - Publishing News
A delightful surprise, I will defiantly be picking up more of this series. This one very much reminds me of a study in scarlet.
Generic review time. Same review on all the books as it's more an author/series review.
First thing is these hamish books are written solidly with good characters and good central mysteries. I enjoyed most of...
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