Death of a Spy

De: M. C. Beaton, R.W. Green - contributor

Narrado por: David Monteath

From a New York Times bestselling author, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant officer; the enigmatic American James Bland, whose true mission is to track down the members of a Russian spy network. In the meantime, he and Bland deal with it the usual crop of traffic incidents, lost wallets, lost dogs, and lost people, but a spate of burglaries committed by a man dubbed “Spiderman” give Hamish cause for serious concern.

Hamish has to use all of his contacts and every ounce of his Highland guile to find the robber and protect the village.

©2024 M. C. Beaton and R.W. Green (P)2024 Grand Central Publishing

Another great story but where is Graemer Malcolm? ;(

I want to be fair and say that Mr. Monteath might be a good narrator but not for Hamish’s books. I hope Malcolm will comeback for the next book.

Great Story!

This is another excellent Hamish Macbeth mystery with all our favorite character involved even if fleetingly. I thoroughly enjoyed the intrigue and the two distinct story lines were wrapped up satisfactorily. I enjoyed the new narrator, he did a fine job. Looking forward to the next Hamish novel!

The story wasnt interesting , its usually intriguing

i didnt care for the narrator. The bookhad none of the humor or charm of the previous books

New narration is a disappointment

I really wanted to like this, but the new narrator just doesn't capture the characters in a way that helps me differentiate one from the other.

the change in narrators

combining a new narrator and a different style of writing was too much. it was a struggle to get through the book. I hope the next one at least goes back to the old narrator.

Almost, but not quite

I so wanted to give this one five stars but I couldn't. I listened to this one via audiobook and the new narrator just didn't do it justice. Not that they are a bad narrator, but they just weren't meant to narrate a Hamish Macbeth novel. A lot of times I didn't knw who was speaking, Hamish or Bland, as the voices seemed the same a lot of times. The reading pace was a bit slow also and lacked the intonations of previous narrators. The storyline was excellent with the spy element and a burglar running amok in Lochdubh. I think I would have faired better by reading the ebook version.
James Bland, from a previous book, returns to Lochdubh as a Chicago policeman on an exchange program with the Garda. He's really there for Hamish's help in ferreting out a long established Russian spy ring. But what will the locals think of this American assistant in their territory? Hamish will soon find out as he and Bland go on the hunt for spies and the citizens of Lochdubh are riled up over the rash of burglaries, which are becoming increasingly more violent.

Lousy recording. Hard to pay attention to story while listening to the funny audio

Did not like the narrator. Phony sounding as if he were trying too hard to sound Scottish. Did Bland much better so it seems he’s American

Ok story. Lacking warmth of MC Beaton. Narrator gets all the characters right except Hamish and the American.

The narrator is talented! Many of the voices were terrific such as Blaire. But I’m not sure he knows Hamish. The “cool” factor is missing from him now and he sounds to be rather geriatric. The personality of the American was completely missing and forced. Sure hope these improve. The story was decent but not clever and fun. Just done. Overall average. I’m still thankful the characters are continuing, though, because I’d miss them very much if the series ended.

The characters are interesting and the setting is beautiful.

I’m loving the new author. A very interesting and entertaining read. I can’t wait for the next book and am so glad to see the series and lovable characters carry on.

Extraordinary

I loved everything about this story. It was fast moving, intriguing and funny. The character development was spot on and the scene with Willie and Detective Bland and Willie's malapropisms made me smile.