Death of an Honest Man, M. C. Beaton
Death of an Honest Man, M. C. Beaton
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Death of an Honest Man

Author: M. C. Beaton

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2018


Synopsis

Nobody loves an honest man--or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat, where he immediately started to stir up outrage among his neighbors.

Paul first attended church in Lochdubh and told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He then told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and should set a better example in these days of increasing obesity. Angela Brody was told her detective stories were pap for the masses and that she should write real literature instead. He accused Hamish of having dyed his fiery red hair. He told Jessie Currie--who compulsively repeats all the last words of her twin sister--that she needed psychiatric help.

"I speak as I find," he bragged. A refrain of "I could kill that man," could be heard from Lochdubh to Cnothan.

And someone did.

Now Hamish is faced with a bewildering array of suspects, this time without the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie, who resigned from the force after one too many confrontations with Hamish's incompetent boss, Chief Inspector Blair. But can Hamish find the killer on his own?

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her New York Times bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries. The BBC has aired 24 episodes based on the series. Beaton is also the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series, which will air as an eight-episode dramatic series on Sky1, starring Ashley Jensen. She lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. For more information, you can visit MCBeaton.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 12, 2018

*to the tune of We Didn't Start The Fire* Highlands murders, lots of tea Eating scones and mystery Scottish wildcats, fiancees Lugs and Sally never play The honest man is just a dick Blair is sober, still a prick Priscilla's back and Elspeth too WHAT ON EARTH CAN HAMISH DO? There's murder at the peat bogs! F......more

Goodreads review by ~☆~Autumn on July 14, 2024

This one has a supernatural element that was so spooky for me that I got cold shivers and was afraid to turn out the light. Archie tries to explain it and creates a legend for that area. Save it for Halloween and read some others to prepare for the thrill!......more

Goodreads review by Kenneth on February 23, 2018

The older Beaton gets, the worse her stories get. They wander all over and have a bunch of irrelevant bits and pieces. It is almost like she doesn't remember what she previously wrote and she just wanders a long typing words.......more

Goodreads review by Sylvia on March 01, 2018

I've been reading this series for several years now and find the character of Hamish a bit strange. He is very likeable, mostly, but still quite odd when it comes to his relationships with women. In this book I found him a bit unlikeable due to his machinations around the cat and the crime. I'm also......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 03, 2018

Seriously, where are the editors or proofreaders? A major publisher, an established author, and glaring errors (MR. Mackenzie, apparently back from the dead, major inconsistancy regarding either Silas's age or exactly when his father died!). Who knows what I DIDN'T find, since I wasn't actively look......more


Quotes

"Longing for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh, the scenic, if somnolent, village in the Scottish Highlands where M. C. Beaton sets her beguiling whodunits featuring Constable Hamish Macbeth."—New York Times Book Review

"Hamish Macbeth is that most unusual character, one to whom the reader returns because of his charming flaws. May he never get promoted."—New York Journal of Books

"With residents and a constable so authentic, it won't be long before tourists will be seeking Lochdubh and believing in the reality of Hamish Macbeth as surely as they believed in Sherlock Holmes."—Denver Rocky Mountain News

"Macbeth is the sort of character who slyly grows on you."—Chicago Sun-Times