Death of a charming man

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Title:

Death of a charming man

Author:

Beaton, M. C, author.

Series:

Hamish Macbeth ;

Series Number:

10.

Summary:

All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiance. Then a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village--a rich, unmarried heart-breaker, causing rivalry among the local women. It is amusing until death threats, assault, and murder shatter the tranquil countryside. Hamish now must investigate the darker side of love and desire.

General Note:

"A Hamish Macbeth mystery"--Cover.

Physical Description:

167 p. ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Macbeth, Hamish (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Bachelors -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Highlands (Scotland) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Grand Central,

Publication Date:

1995

1994

ISBN:

9780446403382

Publication Information:

New York : Grand Central, [1995], c1994.

Call Number:

BEATON

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series... DEATH OF A CHARMING MAN: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiance. Then a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village--a rich, unmarried heartbreaker, causing rivalry among the local women. It is amusing until death threats, assault and murder shatter the tranquil countryside. Hamish must investigate the darker side of love and desire.

Author Notes

M. C. Beaton's real name is Marion Chesney. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1936. She has written over a hundred books under her own name and other pseudonyms: Ann Fairfax, Helen Crampton, Jennie Tremaine, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester. She started her writing career while working as a fiction buyer for a bookstore in Glasgow.

Working at one time or another as a theater critic, newspaper reporter, and editor, she used her British background to write a series of regency romances set in England and Scotland. Some of her regency romances include The Folly, Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue, and Regency Gold. In 1986, she was awarded the Romantic Times Award for Outstanding Regency Series Writer.

She has also written two mystery series under the pseudonym M. C. Beaton: The Hamish Macbeth Series, which became the inspiration for a television show in England, and The Agatha Raisin Series, about a retired advertising executive. Her title His and Hers made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.

Marion Chesney passed away on December 31, 2019 at the age of 83.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

One of the warmest and quirkiest mystery series around boasts a new publisher and a welcome burst of fresh energy. Making his 10th appearance (following Death of a Travelling Man ) is lanky, tousle-haired Scottish Highland copper Hamish Macbeth, in the company here of his lazy dog Towser, his higher-born fiancee Priscilla and the quixotic inhabitants of the village of Lochdubh. Hamish, known for his slovenly lifestyle and crafty detecting, meets handsome newcomer, Peter Hynd, whose suave looks send the village womenfolk running to the hairdresser and aerobics classes. Soon they are at each other's throats and queueing up for a place in his bed. The Lothario goes missing and soon the body of one of his conquests is found on the beach, leaving Hamish with two mysteries to solve while his domestic life deteriorates. Beaton's tremendously likable policeman stars here in a tightly wrought tale, with a gem of an ending in which Hamish manages to be both dead right and dead wrong. Further good news is that the series has been optioned by Zenith Productions, the team responsible for the absorbing TV series starring Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved