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Description edit
A Constable Hamish Macbeth Mystery. When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, the whole town is delighted -- save perhaps for love-smitten bobby Hamish Macbeth. But the morning after a posh engagement party, one of the guests, Captain Bartlett, is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Hamish Macbeth: Scottish Police Constable
- Priscilla Halburton-smythe: Add a description of this character.
- Henry Withering
- Blair
- Peter Bartlett
- Diana Bryce
- Vera Forbes-grant
- Jessica Villiers
- Anderson
- Mrs. Cunningham
- Chalmers
- Jeremy Pomfret
- Jenkins
- Mrs. Frobisher
- Angus
- Freddy
- Lady Helmsdale
- Captain Bartlett
- Jessie
- Towser
- Humphrey Throgmorton
- Alec
- Mr. Mcphee
- Rory Grant
- Mr. Johnson
- Mrs. Mackay
- Mary
- Mrs. Mackenzie
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Henry Withering, playwright, slumped down in the passenger seat of the station wagon after another bleak look out at the forbidding landscape.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 29 in Hamish Macbeth Mysteries. (standard series)
Preceded by Death of a Gossip , and followed by Death of an Outsider.
Authors & Contributors edit
- M. C. Beaton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G. K. Hall Large Print Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-7838-1457-7
Page Count: 243
Publisher: G. K. Hall Large Print Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-7838-1457-7
Page Count: 243
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823
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