M C Beaton Hamish Macbeth Series 10 Books Collection Set - Death of a Village

M C Beaton Hamish Macbeth Series is a 10-book collection by M. C. Beaton. This set brings together multiple instalments featuring Police Constable Hamish Macbeth in the Scottish Highlands.

Included titles

• Death of a Scriptwriter
• Death of a Witch
• Death of a Prankster
• Death of a Celebrity
• Death of an Addict
• A Highland Christmas
• Death of a Village
• Death of a Sweep
• Death of a Hussy

Key details

• 10-book collection set
• Hamish Macbeth series
• By M. C. Beaton
• Includes Death of a Village

Synopses

Death of a Scriptwriter

Patricia Martyn-Broyd, now in her seventies, has retired to the Highlands with her work long out of print. A television company plans to film her last detective story, centred on Lady Harriet Vare, and the prospect draws her into renewed attention. Although she keeps her distance from local life, she shares her excitement with Hamish Macbeth.

Death of a Witch

Back from holiday, Hamish Macbeth feels an unease he cannot explain, as though something has settled over Lochdubh. A newcomer, Catriona Beldame, has arrived, and the villagers have decided she is a witch. Suspicion spreads quickly through the community.

Death of a Prankster

News of a murder at Arrat House reaches Hamish Macbeth, but he is slow to respond. The home belongs to Arthur Trent, a practical joker whose past “death” proved to be a staged stunt involving fake blood. This time, the call demands a more careful reading of what is real.

Death of a Celebrity

Lochdubh’s quiet anonymity is disrupted when TV reporter Crystal French arrives and is promptly ticketed by Hamish Macbeth for reckless driving. She retaliates with a report on Highland policing and begins digging into old local scandals for her show. Macbeth realises he may not be the only one who wants her stopped, and then someone does.

Death of an Addict

Recovering addict Tommy Jarret rents a chalet to investigate reports of a sea monster near Drim. When he is found dead, apparently from a drug overdose, Hamish Macbeth doubts the obvious explanation. The circumstances strike him as distinctly fishy.

A Highland Christmas

In wintry Lochdubh, Christmas cheer is treated with deep suspicion. The Calvinist element resists what it sees as secular frivolity, leaving little room for carols, feasting, gifts, or even whisky on Christmas Day. The season arrives under a cloud of disapproval.

Death of a Village

On a routine visit to the remote fishing village of Stoyre, Hamish Macbeth finds a community behaving strangely. The pub is empty, the church unexpectedly full, and fear seems to hang in the air. After an explosion destroys a holiday cottage, locals call it an act of God, but Macbeth has another theory—one that will make national news.

Death of a Sweep

In the far north of Scotland, villages still rely on an itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Work is steady until Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a fireplace. A dead body has been stuffed inside the chimney.

Death of a Hussy

Maggie Baird is rich and widely disliked, and when her car catches fire with her inside, suspicion falls quickly. Five people had been staying at her luxurious Highlands home: her timid niece and four former lovers. One of them, Maggie had intended to choose as a husband.

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