Death of a Cad
$22.50
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2017
Summary
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 smoot…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472124074 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472124073 |
| Author: | M.C. Beaton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 198mm x 155mm |
| Series: | Hamish Macbeth |
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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
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series… a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life. - Good Book GuideThe detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. - The TimesIt’s always a special treat to return to Lochdubh. - The New York TimesAbout The Author
M.C. Beaton
M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-one million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky.
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