Death of a Nag
by Beaton, M. C
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- ISBN 10
- 1472124472
- ISBN 13
- 9781472124470
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About This Item
London: Constable. Fine. 2018. First Edition. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . 296 pages. A Hamish Macbeth Mystery, No. 11. A FORGOTTEN NORTH SEA RESORT IS A PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING. EXCEPT MURDER.Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth is more dour than ever after losing both his promotion and his girl, the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. A trip to a charming seaside inn with his dog Towser is meant to raise his sagging spirits. Instead, he arrives at "Friendly House" to find the ambiance chilling, the food inedible, and his fellow guests less than neighborly. There's an amorous spinster, two tarty girls, a retired military man, a secretive London family, and Bob Harris, who so nags his wife, Doris, that everyone wants to kill him. Then somebody does. Soon Macbeth is called upon to act--to dig into the past and deep into the heart to deliver something more daunting than merely the culprit: Justice. .
Synopsis
More than ever, Constable Hamish Macbeth needs a change. His engagement to the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has ended. Priscilla, the daughter of a local hotelier, not only has left his life, she's left the village for a long visit to some old friends in Gloucestershire. Everyone blames Macbeth for the broken engagement and constantly express their disapproval. Hamish needs to get away from all this turmoil. So when he reads about a cheap bed and breakfast package at Skay on the coast near Moray Firth, he decides to take a real vacation. It's high season, but fortunately for Hamish, there's been a cancellation. The old Victorian villa isn't too posh, and the new proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rogers, aren't very generous with their offerings. Some of the other guests have other things on their minds besides relaxing. Miss Gunnery has taken an uncomfortable interest in Hamish. The two young, modishly dressed secretaries should have gone to a place with discos. And Bob Harris's constant, loud, obnoxious tirades against his wife put everyone on edge. Then anger turns to murder and Hamish finds himself in the position of being a chief suspect. Unless Hamish finds the murderer quickly, his vacation at the increasingly hellish B&B will last a lot longer than he planned.
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- Storbeck's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 609699
- Title
- Death of a Nag
- Author
- Beaton, M. C
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1472124472
- ISBN 13
- 9781472124470
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY DETECTIVE, HAMISH MACBETH, POLICE, SCOTLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective;
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