Hamish Macbeth Series by M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell, R.W. Green, David Monteath, Graeme Malcolm

3.79 · 682 ratings
  • Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth #1)
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    Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth #1)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1985

    Scottish highland village cop Hamish Macbeth must find which target was provoked enough to strangle and drown nasty fat widowed tabloid reporter Jane Winters, who revealed many others' guilty secrets. Much is from the viewpoint of a naive secretary seduced by a blue-blood playboy. Icy blond beauty, aristocratic Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, lends a hand.

  • Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth #2)
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    Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth #2)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1987

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A CAD: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted . . . except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet his affairs of the 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... more

  • Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth #3)
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    Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth #3)

    M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1988

    Dreary Cnothan's most hated man is dumped into a tank filled with lobsters then eaten in Britain's best restaurants. Exiled there with his dog Towser, Hamish Macbeth misses his beloved Highland village Lochdubh, Priscilla, and easy lazy days. His superiors want the business hushed up, a dark-haired lass wants his body, and a killer is out for more blood. On TV show.

  • Death of a Perfect Wife (Hamish Macbeth #4)
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    Death of a Perfect Wife (Hamish Macbeth #4)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1989

    Hamish Macbeth, the laid-back constable of Lochdubh, Scotland, has a new Land Rover to drive and a Highland summer to savor, but as fast as rain rolls in from the loch, his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket. The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns from London . . . with a fiancé on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges (the diabolical Scottish mosquito) descend on the town... more

  • Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth #5)
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    Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth #5)

    M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1988

    "Splendid fun." The New York Times Book ReviewA Hamish Macbeth mystery. 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... more

  • Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth #6)
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    Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth #6)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1988

    When Police Constable Hamish Macbeth is offered a holiday at Jane Wetherby's Happy Wanderer health farm on the Isle of Eileencraig, he accepts. Unfortunately it is not the holiday he hoped for. When one of the guests, stuck-up Morag, is found dead, Hamish must solve the death of a snob.

  • Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth #7)
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    Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth #7)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1988

    "A case that Hamish Macbeth fans will relish." Booklist.A Hamish Macbeth Mystery by the author of "Death of a Snob."When it comes to murder, Constable Hamish Macbeth can't see the joke. Rich, old practical joker Andrew Trent summons his kin to remote Arrat House in the dead of winter for a deathbed farewell. But when they arrive, the old coot is in perfect health, cackling at his joke and ready to torment them with others. But it turns out the joke's on Trent... more

  • Death of a Greedy Woman (Hamish Macbeth #8)
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    Death of a Greedy Woman (Hamish Macbeth #8)

    M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1988

    There's not a cloud in Constable Hamish Macbeth's sky, just plenty of warm sunshine and not quite enough of beautiful Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike each other. The arrival of Maria's gross, greedy partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance... more

  • Death of a Travelling Man (Hamish Macbeth #9)
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    Death of a Travelling Man (Hamish Macbeth #9)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1993

    Sergeant Hamish Macbeth finds Sean Gourlay too handsome. The agent of evil pretends to be gypsy traveller with gutter-mouth Cheryl, disrupts Lochdubh village. The doctor is missing drugs. The Ladies' Club is missing money. Spinsters Nessie and Jessie want to move. Did one of the ladies kill Sean?

  • Death of a Charming Man (Hamish Macbeth #10)
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    Death of a Charming Man (Hamish Macbeth #10)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1994

    With this tenth book in a series that fans of British mysteries have come to relish more than fish 'n chips and a pint at the pub, M. C. Beaton returns with another baffling case for Hamish Macbeth, the stubborn, red-haired, one-man police department of the Highland village of Lochdubh. Praised for her wonderful characterizations, wry humor, and authentic local color, M. C... more

  • Death of a Nag (Hamish Macbeth #11)
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    Death of a Nag (Hamish Macbeth #11)

    M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1995

    After his engagement is broken, Constable Hamish Macbeth is looking forward to rest and relaxation in the coastal town of Skay. But when he arrives at the somewhat dismal bed and breakfast, his fellow guests include the annoying Miss Gunnery, a London family, and Bob Harris, who so nags his wife that everyone wants to kill him. And then someone does.

  • Death of a Macho Man (Hamish Macbeth #12)
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    Death of a Macho Man (Hamish Macbeth #12)

    M.C. Beaton, Shaun Grindell

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1996

    If you haven’t already fallen in love with this internationally acclaimed series by M. C. Beaton, then this cunningly crafted mystery will do the trick. Loaded with authentic Scots dialog vivid enough to make you smell the heather-scented air, Death of a Macho Man is Beaton at her best.Hamish Macbeth - Lochdubh’s one-man police force - has suddenly become a prime murder suspect when a belligerent newcomer turns up dead. To save his career, Macbeth must delve into this Macho Man’s unsavory past... more

  • Death of a Dentist (Hamish Macbeth #13)
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    Death of a Dentist (Hamish Macbeth #13)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1997

    The small Highlands village of Lochdubh did not boast a dentist and anyone with a toothache had to travel to Mr. Frederick Gilchrist's dental surgery in the town of Braikie, some 20 miles away. Gilchrist was inexpensive and the average highlander still preferred to save money and have the offending tooth pulled rather than saved. Hamish Macbeth sided with the more modern, painless procedures practiced by dentists in Inverness... more

  • Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth #14)
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    Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth #14)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1998

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDSWith the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish -- and more -- when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery .. more

  • Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth #15)
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    Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth #15)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1999

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF AN ADDICT: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryFormer 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 the Highlands.

  • A Highland Christmas (Hamish Macbeth #15.5)
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    A Highland Christmas (Hamish Macbeth #15.5)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1999

    Christmas is an ancient Roman festival, not to be celebrated by decent folk in the Scottish Highlands. Police Constable Hamish Macbeth has always loved the festivities, but this year his family is vacationing in sunny Florida. He is stuck with the long, lonely Christmas shift in freezing Lochdubh. A cranky old lady kicks off the holidays by reporting her cat missing. Then the Christmas lights and tree in a nearby village disappear soon after the local council voted to allow decorations... more

  • Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth #16)
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    Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth #16)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2001

    Garbage collectors are still called "dustmen" in Britain. When Lochdubh's dustman, an abusive drunk named Fergus MacLeod, is put in charge of the recycling center, Constable Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Fergus soon becomes a tyrant with his new power. After his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one's sorry. But Macbeth is surprised when MacLeod's victims refuse to talk.

  • Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth #17)
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    Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth #17)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2002

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A CELEBRITY: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryMurder on the Telly Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills...until well-known TV reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And Constable Hamish Macbeth, dourly wed to duty instead of the fiancee who dumped him, promptly gives her a summons for reckless driving... more

  • Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth #18)
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    Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth #18)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2003

    Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.Death of a Village: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryTrouble is afoot in a Scottish fishing village as Constable Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church full, and the air permeated with fear. With the help of a journalist, Macbeth begins to ferret out the truth.

  • Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth #19)
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    Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth #19)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2004

    Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.Death of a Poison Pen: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen the residents of Lochdubh begin receiving poison pen letters, no one takes them seriously. But Constable Hamish Macbeth fears them, and his instincts prove correct when the postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a vicious poison pen letter at her feet.

  • Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth #20)
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    Death of a Bore (Hamish Macbeth #20)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2005

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A BORE: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery Minor writer John Heppel has a problem--he's a consummate bore. When he's found dead in his cottage, there are plenty of suspects. But surely boredom shouldn't be cause for murder, or so thinks Constable Hamish Macbeth.

  • Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth #21)
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    Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth #21)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2006

    Occasionally, the rugged landscape of Scotland attracts dreamers who move north, wrapped in fantasies of enjoying the simple life. They usually don't last, defeated by the climate or by inhospitable locals. But it looks as if Effie Garrand has come to stay. When local constable Hamish Macbeth calls on her, he is amazed to find the small woman still in residence after a particularly hideous winter... more

  • Death of a Maid (Hamish Macbeth #22)
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    Death of a Maid (Hamish Macbeth #22)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2007

    Armed with a bucket and mop, blackmailer Mrs Mavis Gillespie brings misery to constable Hamish Macbeth when he wins her maid services in a church raffle. She is more likely to snoop than clean, and soon turns up bludgeoned by her own pail. Plus Macbeth's former girlfriend Elspeth Grant holidays in Scottish Highland Lochdubh village with her new boyfriend.

  • Death of a Gentle Lady (Hamish Macbeth #23)
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    Death of a Gentle Lady (Hamish Macbeth #23)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2008

    M.C. Beaton's much loved and international best-selling series of murderous doings in the Highlands of Scotland continues with Hamish Macbeth investigating the death of a woman who may not have been quite as adorable as she appeared.

  • Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth #24)
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    Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth #24)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2009

    Scottish policeman tall Hamish Macbeth gets repeated forebodings. Newcomer alluring Catriona Beldame supplies "herbs" to Lochdubh village men wanting to exercise "marital rights" their wives deny. Hamish threatens to kill her, finds her slashed; her house burns up as he leaves. Someone from her murdering past or interfering present has taken revenge... more

  • Death of a Valentine (Hamish Macbeth #26)
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    Death of a Valentine (Hamish Macbeth #26)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    Amazing news has spread across the Scottish countryside. The most famous of highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, will be married at last. Everyone in the village of Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Macbeth's newest constable and blushing bride-to-be. While locals think Josie is quite a catch, Hamish has a case of prenuptial jitters. After all, if it weren't for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighbouring village, there wouldn't be a wedding at all... more

  • Death of a Chimney Sweep (Hamish Macbeth #26)
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    Death of a Chimney Sweep (Hamish Macbeth #26)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney... more

  • Death of a Kingfisher (Hamish Macbeth #27)
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    Death of a Kingfisher (Hamish Macbeth #27)

    M.C. Beaton, David Monteath

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    When Scotland is hit by recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. The quaint village of Braikie doesn't have much to offer, other than a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which was bequeathed to the town. A savvy local tourist director renames the woods "The Fairy Glen," and has brochures printed with a beautiful photograph of a kingfisher rising from a pond on the cover... more

  • Death of Yesterday (Hamish Macbeth #28)
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    Death of Yesterday (Hamish Macbeth #28)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2013

    When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he'd prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant and annoying woman. But when her body is discovered, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness--now dead--had forgotten.

  • Death of a Policeman (Hamish Macbeth #29)
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    Death of a Policeman (Hamish Macbeth #29)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2014

    Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen young police officer, visit the town of Lochdubh to monitor exactly what Macbeth does every day. Macbeth hears about Blair's plan and is prepared to insure that Cyril returns back to headquarters with a full report... more

  • Death of a Liar (Hamish Macbeth #30)
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    Death of a Liar (Hamish Macbeth #30)

    M.C. Beaton, Graeme Malcolm

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2015

    Duration: 5 hours 20 minutesSergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same woman calls him back about an intruder, he simply marvels at her compulsion to lie. This time, though, she is telling the truth... more

  • Knock, Knock, You're Dead! (Hamish Macbeth #30.5)
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    Knock, Knock, You're Dead! (Hamish Macbeth #30.5)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2016

    Hamish Macbeth, Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman returns in a new short story from New York Times bestselling author M.C. BeatonKNOCK KNOCK, YOU'RE DEAD!A Hamish Macbeth Short StoryMrs. Morag McPhie hits upon the idea of selling some of her old furniture to raise money to visit her daughter in Australia. But when a dead body turns up, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wonders if the antique business is even more cutthroat than he thought...

  • Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth #31)
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    Death of a Nurse (Hamish Macbeth #31)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2016

    Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely. Gloria apologizes for her employer's behavior, and Hamish takes the plunge and invites her out for dinner... more

  • Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth #32)
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    Death of a Ghost (Hamish Macbeth #32)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2017

    Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series DEATH OF A GHOST When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs... more

  • Death of an Honest Man (Hamish Macbeth #33)
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    Death of an Honest Man (Hamish Macbeth #33)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2018

    Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series.DEATH OF AN HONEST MANNobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat.He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs... more

  • Death of a Laird (Hamish Macbeth #33.5)
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    Death of a Laird (Hamish Macbeth #33.5)

    M.C. Beaton, R.W. Green, David Monteath

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2022

    A wealthy laird's guests are trapped in his estate during a furious storm--but when the laird turns up dead, Scotland's policeman, Hamish Macbeth, is there too..When quick-witted but unambitious Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is sent to investigate reports that the wealthy new laird of the remote NW Naglar House has disappeared during a violent storm Then he discovers the laird's body. His questions reveal clandestine infidelity, vicious jealousy, deadly revenge, lust, greed and fear... more

  • Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Hamish Macbeth #34)
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    Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Hamish Macbeth #34)

    M.C. Beaton, R.W. Green

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2022

    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 it no longer... more

  • Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth #35)
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    Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth #35)

    M.C. Beaton, R.W. Green

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2023

    Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick witted but unambitious policeman—is back to investigate the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems, in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series.  Kate Hibbert is all too eager to lend a hand to her neighbors... more

  • Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36)
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    Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36)

    M.C. Beaton

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2024

    Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochudch in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton’s beloved, New York Times bestselling series.Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major problems to deal with – crimes and criminals, even law enforcement agents, that he doesn’t want anywhere near his beloved Highland village in Lochdubh... more

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