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Hamish Macbeth

Suivez les aventures d'un policier écossais excentrique alors qu'il résout des meurtres dans son village pittoresque mais étonnamment dangereux des Highlands. Cette série vous transporte au cœur des Highlands, où de sombres secrets et des crimes sinistres se cachent sous le vernis d'une vie de village paisible. Grâce à son intelligence tranquille et à sa nature discrète, le protagoniste découvre la vérité dans un décor empreint d'humour pince-sans-rire et de personnages inoubliables.

Death of a Snob
Death of a Hussy
Death of a Perfect Wife
Hamish Macbeth 3. Qui s'y frotte s'y pique
Death of a Cad
Death of a Gossip

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  1. Death of a Gossip

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery where an unladylike gossip columnist meets an untimely and watery death. From the author of the Agatha Raisin series. When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers--or was it the fins?--of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue and unladylike manner was Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet not even Hamish thought someone would permanently silence Lady Jane's shrills--until her strangled body is fished out of the river. Now with the help of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish must angle through the choppy waters of the tattler's life to find the murderer. But with a school of suspects who aren't ready to talk and dead women telling no tales, Hamish may be in over his head, for he knows that secrets are dangerous, knowledge is power, and killers usually do strike again.

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  2. Death of a Cad

    • 288pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    The second Hamish Mcbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.

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  3. Obligé de remplacer un policier local dans les confins inhospitaliers de Cnothan, Hamish a le mal du pays et de sa chère Priscilla… mais, il est à peine arrivé que l’homme le plus détesté du village est assassiné et jeté en pâture à un élevage de homards qui n’en font qu’une bouchée avant d’être expédiés vers les restaurants les plus chics de Londres. Pour retrouver son village, Hamish Macbeth devra affronter l’horrible inspecteur-chef Blair et sa charmante voisine (l’un bien décidé à couvrir l’affaire, l’autre à le séduire !)… et débusquer l’assassin. Vous aimez Agatha Raisin ? Vous allez adorer Hamish Macbeth ! Comme sa grande sœur Agatha, cet Hercule Poirot à la sauce écossaise entraîne le lecteur dans des aventures totalement déjantées sorties tout droit de l’imagination de M.C Beaton. Avec, en prime, le charme des lochs, des highlanders mystérieux et des châteaux hantés. Aussi savoureux qu’un single malt !

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  4. Death of a Perfect Wife

    • 242pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    The fourth in the much loved Hamish Macbeth series from the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series - with a delightful new jacket style.

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  5. Death of a Hussy

    • 240pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    The fifth mystery story featuring Hamish Macbeth from the author of the bestselling Agatha Raisin series

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  6. Death of a Snob

    • 148pages
    • 6 heures de lecture

    When health farm owner Jane Wetherby is frightened by an astrologer's prediction of her imminent demise, she offers Police Constable Hamish Wetherby free room in exchange for his protection. Then the prediction proves accurate about the crime, and Wetherby must enliven his distinctively sleepy style of policing to solve the death of a snob.

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  7. Death of a Prankster

    • 176pages
    • 7 heures de lecture

    "A case that Hamish Macbeth fans will relish." Booklist. A Hamish Macbeth Mystery by the author of "Death of a Snob." When it comes to murder, Constable Hamish Macbeth can't see the joke. Rich, old practical joker Andrew Trent summons his kin to remote Arrat House in the dead of winter for a deathbed farewell. But when they arrive, the old coot is in perfect health, cackling at his joke and ready to torment them with others. But it turns out the joke's on Trent. As the saying goes, he who laughs last, kills first! And when Trent is murdered, Constable Macbeth must step in and solve the crime before the punchline of the next killing joke knocks him right into an early grave!

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  8. Death of a Glutton

    • 240pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    The eighth Hamish Macbeth mystery from the bestselling author of Agatha Raisin.

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  9. Enjoying his new fiance+a7e and a lull in his Scottish village's crime rate, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth is upset when his future bride urges him to find a better job, and rivalry over a local heartthrob results in murder. 15,000 first printing.

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  10. Death of a Nag

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    The eleventh Hamish Macbeth mystery, beautifully republished with a brand new cover.

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  11. Death of a Macho Man

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    The 12th mystery featuring Hamish Macbeth from the bestselling M.C.Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin series

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  12. Death of a Dentist

    • 311pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    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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  13. Death of a Scriptwriter

    • 224pages
    • 8 heures de lecture

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDSWith the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish -- and more -- when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery ...and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse.The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque face-lift in their TV reincarnation. Yet, going behind the scenes, Hamish soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling show business types, all harboring their own secrets, lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Hamish must quickly find the right killer -- or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry.

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  14. The 15th mystery featuring Hamish Macbeth from teh bestselling M.C.Beaton, author of the Agatha series.

    Death of an Addict15
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  15. The 16th Hamish Mcbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.

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  16. Hamish Macbeth Mystery - 18: Death of a Celebrity

    A Hamish Macbeth Mystery

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A CELEBRITY: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryMurder on the Telly Lochdubh, a remote village reached only by a one-track lane, nestles serenely amid Scotland's hills...until well-known TV reporter Crystal French races into town in her bright BMW. And Constable Hamish Macbeth, dourly wed to duty instead of the fiancee 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. Now, finding out who did it will lead the laconic 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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  17. Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.Death of a Poison A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen the residents of Lochdubh begin receiving poison pen letters, no one takes them seriously. But Constable Hamish Macbeth fears them, and his instincts prove correct when the postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a vicious poison pen letter at her feet.

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  18. From the author of the ever-popular Agatha Raisin series, this is the 20th outing for the Highland's most famous PC, Hamish Macbeth.

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  19. The 21st Hamish Mcbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.

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  20. Death of a Maid

    • 272pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    Mrs. Gillespie is famous around the northwest of Sutherland for being the best charwoman ever. Of course, if anyone has any social pretensions one does not say charwoman, one talks about "my maid". Hamish Macbeth wins Mrs. Gillespie's services in a church raffle but spends most of the day trying to avoid her. She is a malicious gossip and she bangs around the furniture and clanks pots--he wonders how on earth she managed to get such a good reputation. Then she is found dead in a large house belonging to a retired professor who was out the day she was killed. She has been struck down by a metal bucket of water. Remembering Mrs. Gillespie's malicious gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out secrets and probably searched through the drawers of the houses she cleaned, which means everyone whose home she cleaned could be a suspect.

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  21. The 23rd Hamish Macbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.

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  22. Returning from a vacation, Constable Hamish Macbeth senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over his Scottish village of Lochdubh. Newcomer Catriona Beldame has cast a bewitching spell over the town, causing the local men to visit her cottage at all hours of the night and infuriating the women. Hamish suspects that she is a great danger to the town. Before he can prove that Catriona is truly wicked, she is brutally murdered-and Hamish becomes the prime suspect in the case. The constable will call upon the assistance of a pretty female forensic expert as he attempts to clear his name . . . and perhaps even find some romance. But when more violence breaks out, loyal Hamish must use all his detective skills to restore peace to his beloved village.

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  23. The 25th Hamish Macbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.

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  24. Death of a Sweep

    • 288pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    From the author of the ever-popular Agatha Raisin series, this is the 26th outing for the Highland's most famous PC, Hamish Macbeth.

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  25. Death of Yesterday

    • 263pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF YESTERDAY: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he'd prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant and annoying woman. But when her body is discovered, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness--now dead--had forgotten.

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  26. Death of a Policeman

    • 266pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    Lochdubh's most famous police officer is gearing up for his 29th adventure!

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  27. Death of a Liar

    • 272pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    New York Times bestselling author M. C. Beaton is back with a new mystery featuring Scotland's most laconic and low-tech policeman. This is the 30th Hamish Macbeth book.

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  28. Death of a Nurse

    • 272pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    Hamish Macbeth - Lochdubh's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman - is back in his 31st mystery.

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  29. The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. The Times

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  30. Death of an Honest Man

    • 240pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and in these days of increasing obesity it was her duty to show a good example. Angela Brody was told her detective stories were pap for the masses and it was time she wrote literature instead. He accused Hamish of having dyed his fiery red hair. He told Jessie Currie--who repeated all the last words of her twin sister--that she needed psychiatric help. "I speak as I find," he bragged. Voices saying, "I could kill that man," could be heard from Lochdubh to Cnothan. And someone did. Now Hamish is faced with a bewildering array of suspects. And he's lost the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie, who has resigned from the force after Chief Inspector Blair berated Charlie one too many times, and the policeman threw Blair into the loch. Can Hamish find the killer on his own?

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