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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!!
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.