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Death of a Hussy
- Hamish Macbeth, Book 5
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Series: Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, Book 5
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joins the local fishing class she wastes no time in ruffling feathers of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue is Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth, yet not even Hamish thinks someone would seriously want to silence Lady Jane’s shrill voice permanently – until her strangled body is fished out of the river.
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A blast from the past
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Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothing much at all to do but fish, drink coffee, and slouch around. And now to spend time with lovely Priscilla. But his days aren't as tranquil as his dreams. For one thing, Priscilla's renovation schemes are driving him out of his cottage. Not to mention her ambitious plans for his career as a policeman away from Lochdubh. This might be a good time to find out why Peter Hynd's arrival in nearby Drim was causing so much trouble....
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After a romantic disappointment and an undeserved demotion, Scots village bobby Hamish Macbeth decides a week's holiday at the coastal village of Skag might be just the ticket. He's dead wrong, of course: the food is dire, and the man in the next room nags his wife so loudly and continuously that more than one person at the Friendly House bed-and-breakfast wishes him dead, though only Hamish is heard threatening him. When this chap's body is found floating in the river Skag, Hamish is the prime suspect.
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The unconventional Hamish Macbeth finds that his own impetuousness places him at the center of a murder investigation. Everyone in the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh called Randy Duggan 'the Macho Man'. Duggan went around the village and bragged about everything he had done and said he once was a wrestler in America and an explorer in the Middle East. At first his outrageous stories drew an admiring crowd at the local pub, but soon his bullying ways lead to anger and violence.
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- Hamish Macbeth, Book 18
- By: M. C. Beaton
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Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy. On a routine visit, Hamish Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church unexpectedly full, and the very air permeated with fear. Then an explosion levels a holiday cottage which the locals call 'an act of God'. Hamish has another theory, one that will make the national news. With the help of sharp-eyed journalist Elspeth Grant and Lugs (his dog) he begins to winkle out the truth.
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Just when Hamish most needs him - the dentist turns up dead... In Scotland, where thrift and a 'nice set of dentures' are generally admired, dental surgeon Dr Frederick Gilchrist's cheap rates and penchant for pulling teeth have gained him a clientele. However, wiser Highlanders (like Hamish Macbeth) opt to steer clear of this reputed womanizer's all-too-busy hands. Only jaw-throbbing agony drives Hamish to Gilchrist's surgery, but what he finds is the dentist's dead body - putting several angry husbands in the frame for murder...
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Patricia Martyn-Broyd, now in her seventies, has retired to the Highlands. She hasn't written a word in years and her books are out of print. But now a television company is about to film her last detective story, featuring the aristocratic Scottish detective Lady Harriet Vare. Even better, a London publisher is bringing the book into print. Even though the snobbish Miss Martyn-Broyd doesn't care to mix with the locals she can't help but share her excitement with local policeman Hamish Macbeth.
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Death of an Addict
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Recovering addict Tommy Jarret has rented a chalet to check out reports of a sea monster near the village of Drim. Then he turns up dead, apparently from a drug overdose, and constable Hamish Macbeth finds the lad's demise particularly fishy. Deciding to go undercover, Hamish infiltrates the local drug dealing trade. But his plans looks doomed when he's teamed up with a tough Glaswegian detective inspector named Olivia Chater, aka Concrete Knickers. For the Lochdubh lawman it would be equally dangerous to flounder...or fall in love.
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Not a good one
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A Highland Christmas
- Hamish Macbeth
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: David Monteath
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In dark, wintry Lochdubh, Christmas Cheer is about as welcome as a flat tyre on a deserted road. The Calvinist element in town has always resisted what they view as secular frivolity, so for most of the townsfolk there'll be no carols, feasting, gifts - or even whisky on Christmas Day! And for PC Hamish Macbeth there's no holiday from crime - he finds himself hunting for a missing cat belonging to a lonely spinster.
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Caution if you're looking for chronological order
- By Melanie Truscott on 13-04-2016
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Death of a Dustman
- Hamish Macbeth, Book 16
- By: M. C. Beaton
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When Fergus Macleod, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre and is dubbed the 'Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant and when his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one is sorry - including his long-suffering family.
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excellent tale
- By Anonymous User on 10-02-2020
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Death of a Poison Pen
- Hamish Macbeth, Book 19
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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A sudden outbreak of maliciousness strikes the town of Lochdubh in the form of a rash of poison pen letters. Things turn deadly when the local postmistress is found hanged in her room... with a vicious note beneath her dangling feet. Though his superiors call it suicide, PC Hamish Macbeth pronounces it murder. But Hamish is soon distracted by Jenny Ogilvie, a friend of his ex-fiancee, who arrives in Lochdubh to seduce him. And then he's ambushed by local reporter Elspeth Grant, who sets out to land the story - and Hamish - for herself.
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Love Hamish
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Publisher's Summary
A tart with a heart of stone…
Maggie Baird is neither kind nor generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her luxurious Highlands home - Maggie’s timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are utterly broke and all had ample opportunity to tamper with Maggie’s car. So finding out, who did it will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth’s extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature; especially when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely.…
M. C. Beaton is the author of the best-selling Agatha Raisin series. She has also written several Regency romance series. She lives between Paris and the Cotswolds.
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- mr kieran j murphy
- 01-05-2018
another yarn
nothing super but a good yarn none the less. well told and did not see the outcome too soon into the story.
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- Alexandra
- 30-11-2014
Hamish the hero
If you could sum up Death of a Hussy in three words, what would they be?
amusing, intriguing, delightful
Who was your favorite character and why?
Hamish as he's so much fun and so honest
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The confrontation between Hamish and the suspects
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
the book made me laugh
Any additional comments?
Another superb book and always so wonderfully read by the narrator
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- Gillian knox
- 06-01-2019
really enjoyable with quite a few chuckles
loved it love the characters the plot the humour and how hamish always manages to get his man/woman
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- MRS L M POWELL
- 11-09-2018
Liverpool accent
love all narration by David Monteath but his Liverpool accent was awful. If you are not a Scouser don't try it!,
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- Keithj
- 27-05-2014
Not the voice I hear in my head when reading.
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I felt the narrator's performance quite poor, although he did improve as time went on -or I got used to him. I did not enjoy the vocal characterisations, which seemed contrived, and his voice droned a lot of the time, suggesting little empathy with the story.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I did not see the murderer coming. The secondary climax did not really fit into the book and would have been better as the start of another.
What didn’t you like about David Monteath’s performance?
Almost everything. I would not buy another book with this narrator.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I was disappointed with the book. MacBeth played a tiny part in it and there was too much build-up before the murder occurred, something like two-thirds of the book. It did not follow the pattern if the previous four and was less satisfying as a result.
Any additional comments?
M C Beaton's book are not high literature but a few hours worth of distraction. With any short story, the plot is important and this one seemed unbalanced. My enjoyment was not helped by a narrator whose performance frequently jarred with the flow and I found myself having to repeat some parts to take it all in. Not one I can recommend, even to a hardened Beaton fa.
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