Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills, until well-known television reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And the local constable, Hamish Macbeth, wed to duty instead of the girlfriend who dumped him, promptly gives her a summons for reckless driving.

Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeth's life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands. When she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. Then someone does-with stealth and violence.

Finding out who did it will lead Macbeth down roads he never envisioned, into a dark story of passion and vengeance-and perhaps a crisis of the heart all his own.

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Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills, until well-known television reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And the local constable, Hamish Macbeth, wed to duty instead of the girlfriend who dumped him, promptly gives her a summons for reckless driving.

Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeth's life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands. When she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. Then someone does-with stealth and violence.

Finding out who did it will lead Macbeth down roads he never envisioned, into a dark story of passion and vengeance-and perhaps a crisis of the heart all his own.

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Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

by M. C. Beaton

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm

Unabridged — 5 hours, 19 minutes

Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

Death of a Celebrity (Hamish Macbeth Series #17)

by M. C. Beaton

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm

Unabridged — 5 hours, 19 minutes

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Overview

Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills, until well-known television reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And the local constable, Hamish Macbeth, wed to duty instead of the girlfriend who dumped him, promptly gives her a summons for reckless driving.

Outraged, Crystal makes Macbeth's life a misery with a TV report on policing in the Highlands. When she also rakes up old local scandals for her new hit show, Macbeth notes that someone besides himself might be dead keen to stop her. Then someone does-with stealth and violence.

Finding out who did it will lead Macbeth down roads he never envisioned, into a dark story of passion and vengeance-and perhaps a crisis of the heart all his own.


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There's more than heather shaking in Lochdubh when Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates the murder of a gorgeous television reporter whose inflammatory reportage and unscrupulous investigative tactics have incensed the entire village -- and left no shortage of suspects.

Kirkus Reviews

Another puzzle for homespun Hamish MacBeth, sole lawman in the village of Lochdubh, Scotland, where his residence and the town police station are one and the same. Hamish is determined to keep it that way, disdaining any promotion that would take him elsewhere (Death of a Dustman, 2001, etc.). Luckily, there's enough malfeasance to keep him busy close to home. Looking to increase its audience, the television station in nearby Strathbane has hired glamorous Crystal French, a BBC researcher from Edinburgh, to take over the programming from Felicity Pearson. When Crystal proposes a series called "Behind the Lace Curtains," exploring whatever seamy pasts can be found among the town residents, her preliminary interviews provoke panic and even a suicide. But the village is still more shocked when Crystal is found dead in her car, another apparent suicide to everyone but Hamish, whose suspicion of murder is soon confirmed. A jealous Felicity becomes the chief suspect until she is found shot to death on the town dock. As he runs a quiet war with his superiors, Hamish gets help in his investigations from local columnist Elspeth Grant, whose research helps him unearth the past events behind the present decorous carnage.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169691870
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 01/06/2015
Series: Hamish Macbeth Series
Edition description: Unabridged
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