Author Patricia Martyn-Broyd, now in her seventies, has retired to the Highlands. She hasn't written a word in years & her books are out of print. But now a television company is about to film her last mystery, featuring the aristocratic Scottish detective Lady Harriet Vare. The snobbish Miss Martyn-Broyd doesn't care to mix with the locals but she can't help but share her excitement with local policeman Hamish Macbeth. Then, horrors! She finds that the screenwriter is known for his violent & scurrilous scripts & that Lady Harriet is to be portrayed as a pot-smoking hippy, played by the trollop Penelope Gates. When a nightmarish sequence of events results in murder, Miss Martyn-Broyd turns to her one friend in Lochdubh, Hamish Macbeth, to help her. ...

Murder in Paradise...

When Jane Wetherby offers PC Hamish Macbeth a holiday at her ' Happy Wanderer' health farm

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All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth ever wants is a quiet life in the tranquil surroundings of Lochdubh, his home village in the Scottish Highlands. Although the area he polices is vast, he’s happiest when he’s working alone, yet the police authorities insist he has an assistant. In the past, they have supplied a variety of problematic misfits, but they surpass themselves with their latest effort – an American named James Bl&. Having met Bland previously, when he was left in no doubt that the American led a life coloured by secrets & skulduggery, Hamish isn’t surprised when he discovers the real motive behind Bland’s police secondment involves him in helping track down a spy ring, some members of which have met grisly ends. That investigation tears Hamish away from Lochdubh at a time when the village is suffering a disturbing spate of increasingly violent burglaries. The identity of the burglar, however, is a perplexing mystery. All of that blows Hamish’s quiet life out the window & p... ...

Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy.



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Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy. On a routine visit, Hamish Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church unexpectedly full, & the very air permeated with fear. Then an explosion levels a holiday cottage which the locals call 'an act of God'. Hamish has another theory, one that will make the national news. With the help of sharp-eyed journalist Elspeth Grant & Lugs (his dog) he begins to winkle out the truth. But Hamish's best laid plans soon go awry when an old friend dies, a scandalous rumour erupts, & someone close to his heart may be lost forever. ...

Recovering addict Tommy Jarret has rented a chalet to check out reports of a sea monster near the village of Drim. Then he turns up dead, apparently from a drug overdose, & constable Hamish Macbeth finds the lad's demise particularly fishy. Deciding to go undercover, Hamish infiltrates the local drug dealing trade. But his plans looks doomed when he's teamed up with a tough Glaswegian detective inspector named Olivia Chater, aka Concrete Knickers. For the Lochdubh lawman it would be equally dangerous to flounder...or fall in love. Praise for the Hamish Macbeth series:' An enchanting series... M C Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery. ' New York Times Book Review` Readers will enjoy the quirks & unique qualities of the cast... Beaton catches the beauty of the area's natural geography & succinctly describes its distinct flavour.' Library Journal ...

Books Crime Books Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul attended church in Lochdubh.  He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat.   Angela Brody was told her detective stories were pap for the masses & it was time she wrote literature instead. He accused Hamish of having dyed his fiery red hair.   He told Jessie Currie
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- that she needed psychiatric help. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781472117427 •†Author: M. C. Beaton •†Publisher:†  Little Brown •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 232 •†Dimensions:†20 x 13 x 1.5 cm

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When fealess trainer Anton is found lying dead in the tigers' cage, it seems that he has lost control & been mauled by the tigers
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At first the virus wiping out grass & crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation & riots, but Europe is safe & a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. ...

The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal & popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties & his love for Guenevere, the quest for the Holy Grail. This title presents an account of the knights of the Round Table. ...