Mrs. Gillespie, famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland, is found dead, struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:When Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. The quaint village of Braikie doesn't have much to...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Wealthy Maggie Baird was not a popular woman. So when she dies in a strange car fire, there are five likely suspects right on the premises of her luxurious cottage. Lochdubh police constable Hamish Macbeth must apply his extraordinary...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Maria Worth's gluttonous friend, Peta Gore, is always spoiling her carefully planned singles' gatherings. But at Maria's latest event, Peta is found dead with an apple stuck unceremoniously in her mouth, and Constable Hamish Macbeth is...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:In Death of a Gossip, gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters is strangled, and Constable Hamish Macbeth faces no shortage of suspects. In Death of a Cad, a despised captain is shot, and Hamish must tread carefully as he investigates a...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Scottish sleuth Hamish Macbeth investigates the murder of Fergus Macleod, the tyrannical head of Lochdubh's new recycling center, while coping with the bizarre edicts of a member of the Strathbane Council and his lazy new constable.
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:When local constable Hamish Macbeth calls on Effie Garrand, he is amazed to find the small woman still in residence after a particularly hideous winter. Unfortunately, Effie is also quite delusional, having convinced herself--and...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:The Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth arrives for an appointment at the dentist's and finds him dead, apparently of nicotine poisoning. Did he smoke himself to death, or is there a link to missing bingo money?
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:In the isolated villages in the north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the chimney sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands--until the day that Police...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiancée. But when a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village--a rich, unmarried heartbreaker--a rivalry erupts among the local women. It is amusing...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Glamorous reporter Crystal French blows into Lochdubh and is promptly given a speeding ticket by Constable Hamish Macbeth. She then rakes up old local scandals, outraging the entire village. When Crystal turns up dead, everyone becomes...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Constable Hamish Macbeth's affairs of the heart will have to wait when vile, boorish Captain Bartlett is found murdered--shot while on a grouse hunt. When the hidden culprit strikes again, Hamish will find himself trying to save...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:When John Heppel, a visiting writer to Lochdubh, first proposes forming a writers' circle, the idea is met with much enthusiasm from local residents. However, once the classes get underway, attendance quickly falters due to one...
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Author:Knox, BillSummary:In a big Glasgow department store, shoplifting is an inevitable cause of loss. But when the losses skyrocket, the managing director senses that a highly organized swindle is in progress and demands action from the police. The mystery...
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A treasure hunt through Edinburgh gives way to a search for a villain terrorizing the city in the sixth Scottish Bookshop Mystery. It's a quiet, snowy morning at The Cracked Spine bookshop, when bookseller Delaney Nichols receives a...
- Author:Deveraux, JudeSummary:
In 1766 Scotland, Angus McTern leads a life of humble respectability--until Edilean Talbot arrives, pleading for his help. Angus can't deny the ache in his heart for the beautiful heiress, so when she tells him how her fortune was...
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Author:Hughes, ThomasSummary:Born in a slum in 1813 Scotland, David Livingstone spent his youth working twelve-hour days in a cotton factory, until a pamphlet inspired him to become a missionary. His accomplishments there are legendary.
- Author:Daneau, MartinSummary:
1605 De visite à Édimbourg, en Écosse, Jacques Ier ordonne l’exécution de femmes accusées de sorcellerie. Cyrielle Isère, condamnée au bûcher, provoque tout un émoi alors qu’elle manipule les flammes et empêche sa mise à mort. À Rome,...
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Lady Sibylla Cavers est mûre pour le mariage et pourtant, elle rejette les trois premiers prétendants présentés par son père. Quand l'un d'eux, l'élégant lord Simon Murray, porte secours à lady Sibylla et à la...
- Author:Kearsley, SusannaSummary:
Lorsque Carrie McClelland, auteur à succès, visite les ruines du château de Slains, elle est enchantée par ce paysage écossais, à la fois désolé et magnifique. La région lui semble étrangement familière, mais elle met de côté son léger...
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