Death of an Honest Man

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth - Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman - returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times best-selling series.

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?

©2018 M.C. Beaton (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Macbeth is the sort of character who slyly grows on you." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"Longing for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh, the scenic, if somnolent, village in the Scottish Highlands where M. C. Beaton sets her beguiling whodunits featuring Constable Hamish Macbeth." (New York Times Book Review)

"With residents and a constable so authentic, it won't be long before tourists will be seeking Lochdubh and believing in the reality of Hamish Macbeth as surely as they believed in Sherlock Holmes." (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

another good story

another classic Hamish story!! I have read every one and the characters and plot are like old friends..

one of the Best Hamish MacBeth books, if only

if only Elsa would say Yes!
Charlie is enjoyable, and Hamish reveals he is not always perfect.

Love this series!

Only 3 left to read. I will be sad to see it end. Thank you Marian Chesney. You live on through Your books.

Another recommended tale

Another sweet tale of murder and deduction by Hamish, a bit of Priscilla, and his lovely cat and dogs sidekicks!

I love it!

Wonderful story. MCBeaton has done it again. I highly recommend this to anyone but especially a Hamish Macbeth fan.

The Sundsy & Blair storylines had me cheering

For 2 books I've been missing Sundsy the cat & wondering how he was. Now, we find out! Yes, it's not a real cat but I can't help it.

As usual, Elsbeth lets her bitch self out by calling the cat Hamish's wife. I just want him to never ask her let alone consider her for marriage again. Let's hope that storyline will now die out.

This is another good story made even better because of the updates on the cat & finally, Blair! I've been waiting for so many damn books for the latter!

Always enjoyable

Great mystery great narration! I love the characters in the village and the constant string of assistant constables. These are wonderful novels

Great as always

Graeme Malcolm is one of my favorite narrators. A soothing voice, perfect inflection, he bring the story to life. This is a good Hamish story, the author selecting a vice and showing a character wearing it as a badge of honor. The bad guys get theirs, Hamish figures things out, and life in Lochdub goes on. A good Audiobook to listen to again and again

Death

Another great one. Hamish gets his cat back but is it his cat or pure evil? Also a man that is very rude gets murdered but what could he expect. Excellent

Best book

This was one of my favorite of her Macbeth series. And I love the end the best... Sonsie❣