• Death of a Greedy Woman

  • The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, Book 8
  • By: M. C. Beaton
  • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
  • Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,433 ratings)

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Death of a Greedy Woman

By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
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A classic title from M. C. Beaton’s New York Times best-selling Hamish Macbeth series

Peta Gore is the bane of her friend’s otherwise successful life. Maria Worth has come to hate her old friend - a noisy, vulgar glutton. There is no other way to describe Peta. She doesn’t just “have a good appetite” - she sucks and chomps and chews with relish. Not only are her table manners horrifying, but she has a habit of showing up at Maria’s carefully planned singles’ gatherings and spoiling everything by flirting with all the men. This time Maria is determined to keep her latest event a secret.

The gathering is to be at Tommel Castle Hotel in the remote Scottish village of Lochdubh - the perfect setting for a particularly difficult group. Nothing can go wrong. Except that somehow Peta finds out about the gathering and shows up, thoroughly disgusting everyone. Guests and staff band together in mutual loathing. But does someone hate her enough to kill her? When she is found dead, an apple stuck unceremoniously in her mouth, Constable Hamish Macbeth is on the scene. With a castle full of odd suspects, the lazy, long-limbed constable has to put his wooing of the hotel proprietress, Priscilla, on hold to solve the case.

©2011 M. C. Beaton (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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A Fun Murder Mystery!

Typical of the series in that there is a large cast of odd characters, many of whom turn out to be suspects. I enjoy these very much and find I can listen to them more than once as they are so complicated I forget the details over time.

Some people complain about the narrator but I like him. He gives just the right expression to the dialogue.

I recommend this book as light but intriguing listening.

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I love this series and the reader

I can't imagine how it can be made plausible that so many murders happen in one place, but it is fun.

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Disgusting Woman

I almost gave up on this story, but Hamish and the other characters motivated me to stay with it.
Poor disturbed victim, and mad murderer.

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amateur psychology

Amateur psychology might annoy some people but as usual the characters are interesting. They make the story.

Increasingly the reader annoys me. Gives over-the-top performances that make the story sound silly at times.

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Hilarious Scottish Murder Mystery

Hamish Macbeth again is called to duty when Peta Gore is murdered at a match making convention near his lovely Scottish town. Obnoxious, fat and rich from the money her last husband left to her, Peta Gore doesn’t care who she irritates or how much of a nuisance she is to the rest of the guests. Sorting out who killed the overweight woman is a quite a job, with a long line of those who were glad that Peta Gore was dead. But not to worry, Constable Hamish Macbeth is up to the job.

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Fun characters

Other than the oddity of so many murders happening around one person, which is fairly standard for the genre, it’s a delightful series. I never feel like the outcome is too predictable.

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It was sort of disgusting

My title is because the story involves a glutton. M.Beaton is very descriptive in her character and so the reading can make you feel sort of sick. A good thing- sort of……

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Good voice acting

A murder mystery with social conflicts and humour
The accents and characterisation of locals
Made this easy to listen to.

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Wowza

Another character who is overboard just like the practical joker of the last story! A character study and winding way to figure out who the culprit was!

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The deductions of Hamish

Hamish’s interacting with the other characters is delightful. The new characters were kind of over the top, hard to identify or sympathize with most of them.

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