Death of a Policeman

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen young police officer, visit the town of Lochdubh to monitor exactly what Macbeth does every day. Macbeth hears about Blair's plan and is prepared to insure that Cyril returns back to headquarters with a full report. But Cyril is soon found dead and Hamish quickly becomes the prime suspect in his murder.

©2014 M. C. Beaton (P)2014 Hachette Audio

Excellent story

This was the best one yet! I’m hooked! These stories are just the thing for a cold winters day!

Hamish wins again!

Where does Death of a Policeman rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Beaton always weaves a good story. With a hero like Hamish, how could she fail?

Have you listened to any of Graeme Malcolm’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Consistently excellent.

I will so miss M C Beaton

I love this series. I love how I cannot figure out who it is.

Hamish rides again, never disappoints

If you could sum up Death of a Policeman in three words, what would they be?

Hamish should never lets people get the better of him

Any additional comments?

Light heartedcp mystery, good humour, a few twists that will leave you wondering what is next. Will hamish ever settle down

Fun book ..,

Good series! The characters, setting and mystery are consistently entertaining . Look forward I the next one

Love me some Hamish

Cozy comfort murder mistery does not dissapoint. Good performance by reader. Always nice to visit

The characters are so well written

I got into these books a month ago and listen daily. I have fallen in love with the town and the residents.

The narrator brings this book to life!

Graeme Malcolm's narration carries the story in this episode of the Highland policeman who wants nothing more than to be left on his own turf, to take care of matters as only he can do best. However CI Blair has always been jealous of Hamish, and thinks up a plot he hopes will get rid of him at last. Since there is a movement to down-size the police force, Blair gets Cyril Sessions, a young policeman, to secretly follow Hamish, take pictures and document that he and his partner really do not do any work, in the hope that this evidence will get MacBeth removed from the force. Unfortunately, this will lead to a murder instead.

The fun of Hamish Macbeth books is always the characters more than the mystery (although that part is good, too). Hamish is a life-loving man, who doesn't take himself too seriously, does his job quite well in fact, but has little interest in doing anything that would take him up the ladder of promotions, because that might mean leaving his beloved town of Lochdubh. He loves the Highlands, the townspeople, his cat and dog, and wants nothing more than to do what he does best, where he is. That lack of ambition puzzles some and infuriates others, which is where much of the tension in the stories comes in.

This book is typical of most in the series, but it lacked a bit of the usual pizzazz, and I don't really know why. I love the narration of Graeme Malcolm, and that compensated for what I think is one of the weaker stories in the series. It is still good--I haven't read a bad Hamish MacBeth book ever. But would not call this Beaton's best. I would still recommend it to any faithful Hamish fan!

Absolute gem in the series

Love cozy mysteries? Village mysteries? Scotland? The countryside? This diamond the series has it all. By far my favorite one

Great story great performance!

This audiobook was really very good. The story kept my interest and the narration was amazing… great combination.