Death of a smuggler / M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green.

By:

Beaton, M. C [author.]

Contributor(s):

Green, R. W. (Novelist) [author,, writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Beaton, M. C. Hamish Macbeth mysteries ; Publisher: New York, NY : Grand Central Large Print, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xiii, 348 pages (large print) ; 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781538771112

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Summary: "All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish's problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman's body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Large Type Collection	New Books	LT BEA	Checked out	09/30/2025	36748002618207

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From a New York Times bestselling author, a murder, a missing man, and his newest constable's secret past are all that's standing in the way of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth's relaxing winter.

All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish's problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman's body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked.

To Hamish's horror, he then finds himself working on the murder case with the despicable Detective Chief Inspector Blair-his sworn enemy-who has been drafted in under curious circumstances. With a growing list of suspects, ever more bewildering circumstances and Blair hindering him at every turn, Hamish must find the murderer before anyone else falls victim.

Never has a quiet life seemed further from his grasp!

"All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish's problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman's body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked"-- Provided by publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

The charming latest collaboration between Beaton, who died in 2019, and Green (after Death of a Spy) finds Scottish police sergeant Hamish Macbeth dreaming of a peaceful winter with his sweetheart, Claire, in the tiny village of Lochdubh. Those dreams are quickly dashed, however. After Davey Forbes, an old friend of Hamish's, returns to the village from Edinburgh to work as Hamish's constable, the men attend the reopening of the local pub. There, they learn that a man named Mick Gallagher has gone missing, and soon catch wind that Gallagher may have been involved in whiskey smuggling. When a local woman turns up dead shortly after Gallagher's disappearance, Hamish and Davey assume it's no coincidence, and eventually uncover a sinister smuggling operation with much more than liquor on its mind. Beaton and Green stuff the novel with vivid side characters, high-speed chases, cozy visits to the pub, and fair-play clues, never letting the pace flag even as they work in plenty of amiable chats between the sergeant and his constable. Series fans will be well pleased. Agent: Barbara Lowenstein, Lowenstein Assoc. (Feb.)