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Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
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. Then a paragon of housewifery...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
In the dark, wintry highlands of Lochdubh, Scotland, where the local Calvinist element resists the secular trimmings of Christmas, the spirit of old Saint Nick is about as welcome as a flat tire on a deserted road. Nor is crime taking a holiday, as Constable Hamish Macbeth soon finds himself protecting an unhappy girl, unlocking the secrets of a frightened old woman, and retrieving some stolen holiday goods. Now the lanky lawman must use all his Highland...
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers-or was it the fins? -of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue and unladylike manner was Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet not even Hamish thought someone would permanently silence Lady Jane's shrills-until her strangled body is fished out of the river. Now with the help of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe,...
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 18
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 15
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
10) Death of a cad
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin mysteries volume 19
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The vicar of a nearby village persuades Agatha Raisin to help publicize a church fete. Agatha brings out the crowds for the fete, but there's more going on than innocent village fun. Several of the offerings in the jam-tasting booth turn out to be poisoned, and the festive family event becomes the scene of two murders. Along with her young and (much to her dismay) pretty sidekick, Toni, Agatha must uncover the truth behind the jam tampering, keep...
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
13) Death of a ghost
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 32
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"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. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie "Clumsy" Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumors once and for all. There's no sign of any ghost ... but then Charlie...
14) The dead ringer
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna is best known for the medieval church of St. Ethelred and its bells, which are the pride and glory of the whole community. As the bell-ringers get ready for the visit of the dashing Bishop Peter Salver-Hinkley, the whole village is thrown into a frenzy. Meanwhile, Agatha convinces one of the bell-ringers, the charming lawyer Julian Brody, to hire her to investigate the mystery of the Bishop's ex-fianc�ee:...
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 35
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kate Hibbert is all too eager to lend a hand to her neighbors. Although she has been a resident of the sleepy village of Lochdubh for only a year, in that time Kate has alienated one too many of its residents with her interfering-and not entirely well-intentioned-ways. When Kate's neighbor sees her lugging a heavy suitcase to the bus stop, he hopes that the prying woman is gone for good. But two weeks later, Kate's cousin arrives in town with the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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 MAN Nobody 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...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c1992,1993
Language
English
Description
Presents the first two books in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin series, "The Quiche of Death", in which Agatha leaves her successful London firm to settle in the quiet village of Carsely, where she investigates the death of a local baking contest judge; and "The Vicious Vet", where Agatha convinces her neighbor to help her find the person responsible for killing the local vet.
18) Death of a spy
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 36
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
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. Hamish is worried...
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth mysteries volume 29
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"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...
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