Read Series: Hamish Macbeth
by Author M.C. Beaton
Death of a Gentle Lady (2008)
Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get ma...
Death of a Glutton (1995)
We like to salt in one of these Beaton light mysteries, about Constable Hamish Macbeth and the goings-on in his Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh, as a bit of respite from our “heavier” menu of thrillers. “Glutton”, eighth in this lengthy series, is quite typical of the set – a death occurs...
Death of a Dustman (2002)
Death of a Dustman is the sixteenth book in the Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery series by M.C. Beaton.In Death of a Dustman (a dustman, by the way, is the British equivalent to a garbage man or trash collector here in the U.S.), an abusive jerk husband and dustman by the name of Fergus Macleod is fou...
Death of a Macho Man (1997)
"... Now 'one of the warmest and quirkiest mystery series around' pits Constable Macbeth against a belligerent newcomer to Lochdubh, a bully flaiming to be a professional wrestler, who soon finds himself KO'd into the next world ..."Everybody in Lochdubh knew about the pro who dubbed himself the ...
Death of a Hussy (1991)
My love affair with M.C. Beaton - only figuratively speaking, that goes without saying - is most likely over. I've been reading her two big series side by side. Well, now I've decided to ditch the Agatha Raisin series. I've been as prompt in the past. I've almost always abandoned a well liked ser...
Death of a Travelling Man (1996)
Marion Chesney herself is probably even more interesting than this book! She is known primarily for the more than 100 historical romance novels she has published under her own name and under several pseudonyms: Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward. However, this boo...
Death of a Prankster (1993)
AudioBook Review:Stars: Overall 3 Narration: 4 Story: 3And another in the ongoing series of Hamish Macbeth stories by M.C. Beaton, Death of a Prankster focuses on Andrew Trent, a rich and elderly prankster who can’t seem to stop the jokes even after his death. Calling in relatives to tell them...
Death of a Maid (2007)
After Constable Hamish Macbeth wins the cleaning services of Mrs. Mavis Gillespie in a church raffle, he wonders why anyone would hire her. She does a terrible job of cleaning and he suspects she's up to something when a personal letter of his goes missing. Macbeth suspects Mrs. Gillespie is trou...
Death of a Perfect Wife (2006)
Fourth in the Hamish Macbeth mystery series. I've read the first two, and skipped the third because the shop didn't have it when I picked up 1, 2, 4 and 5. I have no intention of looking for the third, because this is the last of the series I'll bother reading.[return][return]As with the other bo...
Death of a Village (2004)
There is something deliciously ironic about a Scottish Macbeth who is completely lacking in ambition. A Macbeth who flees from the spotlight magnetically attracted to his penchant for saving lives. M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth is a police officer in a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. H...
Death of a Bore (2006)
“Bore” is certainly a typical entry in the long-running, generally light-hearted, Constable Hamish Macbeth series, approaching 30 novels in all. They are set in the village of Lochdubh, northern Scotland, where Hamish uses mostly common sense and knowing his customers to outwit both the villains...
Death of a Cad (2004)
Beaton’s hero, Hamish Macbeth, is the town police constable, a rather lazy, unambitious, but happy man who often, because of his intimate knowledge of the community, manages to solve murders that have the more traditional CID inspectors baffled. It’s quite humorously written and makes fun of the ...
Death of a Celebrity (2003)
Lovelorn PC Hamish Macbeth, a policeman in the village of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands, is rather challenged to keep the peace in his usually so tranquil neighbourhood, when a TV crew from Strathbane Television invades the tranquillity of Lochdubh and threatens to produce rather slanderous ...
Death of a Dentist (1998)
Author: MC BeatonNarrator: Shaun GrindellLength: 6.5 hours UnabridgedPublished: Feb 1, 2014Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.Hamish Macbeth's call for help is met with a snarky response from the dentist's receptionist. Medication from a fellow Loch Dubh resident comes with a warning as to the dent...
Death of a Dreamer (2007)
"In the Highland village of Lochdubh, every season has its special flavor. Lanky, red-haired constable Hamish Macbeth relishes them all, but spring is the mos grand. ... the winter storms have blown out to sea, the loch is smoth as glass, and Macbeth is content with dog, cat, and cup of tea bef...
Death of a Snob (1992)
Death of a Snob is obviously an early Hamish Macbeth mystery. He is friends with Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, but has almost (does he ever?) gotten over her; Priscilla herself is wearing herself out "helping" her father run their old castle which was just recently turned into a hotel. He has a do...
Death of an Addict (2001)
The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #15Author: M.C. BeatonReader: Shaun GrindellLength 5.8 hrs • Unabridged ℗ 2014 by Blackstone Audio, Inc.Hamish uses his 2 weeks off the beat in the Scottish Highlands to pursue drug lords following the death of a young drug addict. Hamish takes an unexpected step int...
Death of an Outsider (2005)
Dreary Cnothan's most hated man is dumped into a tank filled with lobsters then eaten in Britain's best restaurants. Exiled there with his dog Towser, Hamish Macbeth misses his beloved Highland village Lochdubh, Priscilla, and easy lazy days. His superiors want the business hushed up, a dark-hair...
Death of a Poison Pen (2005)
The Highlands are habitually rife with humor and delicious mystery between the covers of a Hamish Macbeth book by author M.C. Beaton. Constable for a patch of Scotland where gossip and superstition often exasperate our favorite bobby, Hamish nonetheless loves his fair Lochdubh and its quirky resi...
Death of a Gossip (1999)
3.5 stars. This book is like cotton candy; it's fluffy and light on substance, but enjoyable all the same. Like Hamish himself, Death of a Gossip is like a sleepy, laid-back countryside where everything moves slowly. Not for readers who like their reads fast-paced and action-filled, but it's perf...
Death of a Scriptwriter (1999)
Highlands Constable Hamish Macbeth once again finds himself wrapped up in another baffling village murder, this one in the queer Scottish village of Drim.Miss Patricia Martin-Broyd, whose mystery books have been out of print for decades, finds herself delighted to learn that Strathclyde Televisio...
Death of a Valentine [Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #25] (2010)
Another great read by M.C. Beaton. In this book Hamish has a suitor that will stop at nothing to be his wife, but does the wedding happen or does Hamish find a way to keep his bachelorhood? Josie McSween is desperate for a man to marry her and sets her sights on Hamish after she sees him on t.v....
Death of Yesterday (2013)
This is the 29th book in the Hamish Macbeth series. I've read them all. Light, easy read. I enjoy Hamish, but I think its time he actually gets married. How many times is he going to be engaged to Elspeth let alone the other woman? The books are getting a little stale for those of us who have bee...
Death of a Valentine (2010)
As I get to the end of the series, I try to read slowly, to answer the questions that have cropped up in the previous 25 books."Death of a Valentine" follows the Hamish Macbeth formula. With each book the author has to be very clever and contrive a new means of motive and death without repeating...