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Beaton, M.C.

Death Of A Glutton

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth investigates murder when a Romance Club stay at the castle. Very nice book jacket picture.

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8/2000

Death Of A Gossip

Beaton, M.C.
A fishing school plays host to a discordant (!) group Once again EVERYBODY wanted to kill the victim. Hamish must find out who is covering up to protect someone they thought did it, and of course who actually did it.

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7/2000

Death Of A Hussey

Beaton, M.C.
A wealthy, former "party girl" looks for a husband for her declining years, but ends up dead. P.C. Hamish Macbeth is once again on the scene. Priscilla's dad loses his money, too.

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8/2000

Death Of A Kingfisher

Beaton, M.C.
A bunch of people end up being dead over a fairy forest. Some evil children are on the loose at the end. I bet Hamish has to deal with them in a later book. Hamish's romantic life is a mess, as usual.

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6/2012

Death Of A Macho Man

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth is scheduled to fight a big bully, who unfortunately turns up dead. Why doestn't Priscilla just marry Hamish, huh?

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7/2000

Death Of A Nag

Beaton, M.C.
Scottish policeman Hamish Macbeth goes on vacation and finds himself in the middle of a murder.

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6/2000

Death Of A Perfect Wife

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth must find out whole killed a woman everybody wanted to kill, including Hamish himself.

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7/2000

Death Of A Poison Pen

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish is discover in flagrante delecto with a local newspaperwoman by Prisilla. Oh, and some people die and stuff.

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5/2004

Death Of A Scriptwriter

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth investigates murder at a movie set in the depressing neighboring village of Drim.

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7/2000

Death Of A Snob

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth investigates murder at a health resort during Christmas.

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8/2000

Death Of A Traveling Man

Beaton, M.C.
A good-looking vagabond in a bus comes to Hamish Macbeth's village and causes trouble. .

QUOTE:

"Is this a proposal, Hamish?" "Aye." "Well, take your hand out of my brassiere and listen to me for a moment."

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7/2000

Death Of A Valentine

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish is set to marry the woman of his nightmares, but before that he solves the murder of a local beauty queen. CRUD, I picked the WRONG SPELLING of the author name!

Words I Had To Look Up:

Irn-Bru (pg. 87) -- Very popular fizzy drink sold in Scotland, rivals Coke!

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9/2010

Death Of A Village

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish investigates the mysterious happenings at the village of Stoyne, where the villager are hostile and standoffish, even for Scots! Chust kidding! Lots goes on in this one. Hamish pisses off Elsbeth continously. Must be love!

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7/2004

Death Of A Witch

Beaton, M.C.
What a lot of cranky people live in Hamish Macbeth's little village Loehdubh. Hamish is unsuccessful on his Spanish vacation, and he returns to find an unpleasant woman has moved into the village. But not for long, as somewhat murders her. Hamish sure has a mixed-up love life, I swear. But I actually laughed out loud at the conclusion, something I rarely do, especially in this series!

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8/2009

Death Of An Addict

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth investigates the death of an former junkie. Good story, I think best of the series so far, somewhat disturbing ending should lead to developments in later books.

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12/2000

Death Of An Honest Man

Beaton, M.C.
Every character in this series has some sort of irritating flaw. Are people in real life like this?

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5/2018

Death Of An Outsider.

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth substitues for a vacationing constable in a neighboring village and investigates a case of witchcraft. .

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7/2000

Death Of Yesterday

Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth, #28. Too much stuff going on, too many characters to keep track of! Crabby characters, too, but I guess that is what Beaton is known for.

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"She just got on her bike" -- And just whatever happened to that bike, anyway??

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"God, I'm gasping for a fag. Bloody nanny state."

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Abbie sat in her grandmother's tenement flat in Glasgow, eating currant buns and drinking tea. -- Little Abbie is my favorite character in this book!

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The aluminum sink was piled high with greasy dishes. -- Scunner!

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"does the wee swine have friends here?" -- Referring to that scunner.

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"It's shut up, sir. Know your place," said Jimmy.

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"That was when Morag might have sketched her." -- Who ever mentioned that Morag might have sketched her.

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"I recognized a replica, even in the dark," said Dick -- Dick saves the day!!

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8/2025

Love, Lies And Liquor

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha hooks up again with James, they fight, he splits, she sulks. Oh, yeah, a couple people get murdered, including a would-be rival for Jamesssss affections. Very cute Snot-On-Sea snowball book jacket, with sparklies!! EDIT AUTHORS NAME

Smoke Quote:

Sunbeams were the enemy of smokers, thought Agatha, highlighting hust how much of the poisonous stuff you were sending out into the surrounding air.

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11/2006

The Skeleton In The Closet

Beaton, M.C.
Fellworth Dolphin and his friend Maggie find out where the money came from that he inherited from his parents in this English village mystery.

QUOTE:

Maggie should stay plain Maggie and not go around flaunting her bosoms in a slinky black dress.

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8/2002
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