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Amazing news is spreading like wildfire across the Scottish countryside: the most famous of all Lochdubh, remotely nestling in the Highlands, is perfectly anonymous... until well-known TV reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright new BMW.

And PC Hamish Macbeth, dourly wed to duty rather than the fiancée who dumped him, promptly gives her a ticket for reckless driving.

Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeths life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands... but when she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. & then someone does.

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• ISBN: 9781472124531
• Author: M. C. Beaton
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 312
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm











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Amazing news is spreading like wildfire across the Scottish countryside: the most famous of all Lochdubh, remotely nestling in the Highlands, is perfectly anonymous... until well-known TV reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright new BMW. & PC Hamish Macbeth, dourly wed to duty rather than the fianc?e who dumped him, promptly gives her a ticket for reckless driving. Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeth's life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands... but when she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. & then someone does. Now, finding out who did away with the nosy reporter will lead the laconic Macbeth down roads he never envisioned... & perhaps a crisis of the heart all his own. ...
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In Scotl&, where thrift & a 'nice set of dentures' are generally admired, dental surgeon Dr Frederick Gilchrist's cheap rates & penchant for pulling teeth have gained him a clientele. However, wiser Highlanders (like Hamish Macbeth) opt to steer clear of this reputed womanizer's all-too-busy hands. Only jaw-throbbing agony drives Hamish to Gilchrist's surgery, but what he finds is the dentist's dead body, putting several angry husbands in the frame for murder.. . ...
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When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubhs abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre & is dubbed Environment Officer, Hamish Macbeth smells trouble.

Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant & when his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one is sorry
- including his long-suffering family.

But Hamish is surprised to find that many of the despicable dustmans victims refuse to talk
- & when violence strikes again, the lanky lawman must quickly unearth the culprit among a litter of suspects... before the killer makes a clean getaway!

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• ISBN: 9781472124524
• Author: M.C. Beaton
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 279
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm













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When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre & is dubbed the ' Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant & when his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one is sorry
- including his long-suffering family. But Macbeth is surprised to find that many of the despicable dustman's victims refuse to talk
- & when violence strikes again, the lanky lawman must quickly unearth the culprit among a litter of suspects... before the killer makes a clean getaway!

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Nina Cattermole had an unusual death. Headbutted by a horse as she protested against the local Devon hunt. The official verdict is a freak accident but when a hunt saboteur is found dead in a ditch on the day of Nina's funeral, local DC Den Cooper is sent to investigate. It soon becomes clear that this is not another accident. Charlie Gratton was trampled to death by a horse but the blows that killed him were struck with such precision that they could only have been delivered by an animal under the control of an experienced rider. Charlie, a practising Quaker, has been murdered. As Den tries to solve the case he finds himself drawn into an insular Quaker community & a village divided by loyalties & past misdeeds... This book has 476 pages & is 17.7cm x 10.2cm x 2.9cm ...
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The very first Hamish Macbeth crime mystery, from internationally bestselling author M.C. Beaton

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A tart with a heart of stone...

Maggie Baird is neither kind or generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her



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After losing both his promotion & the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, PC 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 atmosphere chilling, the food inedible & his fellow guests an unappealing lot. They include the annoying Miss Gunnery, a moaning family from London, & Bob Harris, who so nags his wife that everybody wants to kill him. & then somebody does. So Hamish must put aside both his holiday & his sore heart ...
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A sudden outbreak of maliciousness strikes the town of Lochdubh in the form of a rash of poison pen letters.

Things turn

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Death Of A Friend

Headbutted by a horse when protesting against the local Devon hunt, it is safe to say Nina Cattermole had a rather unusual death.

It was considered a freak accident at first...

But when a hunt saboteur is found dead on the





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Headbutted by a horse when protesting against the local Devon hunt, it is safe to say Nina Cattermole had a rather unusual death.

It was considered a freak accident at first...

But when a hunt saboteur is found dead on the day of Nina's funeral, local policeman Den Cooper realises this was not another accident.

With Quaker Charlie Gratton being trampled to death, the blow seems way too precise to be unplanned.

Now, Cooper must try solve the case as he is drawn into an insular Quaker community & a village divided by loyalties & misdeeds.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780749025663
• Author: Rebecca Tope
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 382
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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