• Death of a Village

  • Hamish Macbeth, Book 18
  • By: M. C. Beaton
  • Narrated by: David Monteath
  • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Death of a Village

By: M. C. Beaton
Narrated by: David Monteath
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Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy.

On a routine visit, Hamish Macbeth finds the pub empty, the church unexpectedly full, and the very air permeated with fear. Then an explosion levels a holiday cottage which the locals call 'an act of God'.

Hamish has another theory, one that will make the national news. With the help of sharp-eyed journalist Elspeth Grant and Lugs (his dog) he begins to winkle out the truth.

But Hamish's best laid plans soon go awry when an old friend dies, a scandalous rumour erupts, and someone close to his heart may be lost forever...

©2013 M. C. Beaton (P)2013 Audible Ltd

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  • Gillian knox
  • 02-16-18

chuckled all the way through

very enjoyable love the plots want to read more characters are great the reading brings the characters alive

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  • Mary Carnegie
  • 01-09-17

Well performed and worth it for that

I do feel such pity for the writer who is really enormously ancient and has such contempt for Scotland. She's a Thatcherite, anti-European, right-winger, and obviously completely gone native with Tory, rich, English culture; grand, just don't laugh at us from your thatched cottage in some twee Southern village...:like Christie and Sayers, it's snobbery with violence, except here there's "racism" with violence.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 05-29-23

Loved this

Good story. Well read and humorous. Looking forward to the next one. A lot going on but worth the effort

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  • Penny Brass
  • 04-15-23

5 stairs

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  • Andrew
  • 04-02-23

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I only want to rate the book not write a review it was better when I could do this

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  • Miss N Turner
  • 03-03-23

Excellent

These books never fall to please. Just the right length and brought to life as always by the narrator

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  • 01-16-23

I couldn't download the Audible

I couldn't download the audible which means I wasted my credit and I'm not happy about it.

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  • Sue J.
  • 12-06-22

Light hearted fun

Lighthearted mystery that keeps you guessing. Great fun and easy listening for anyone to enjoy

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  • Nicola
  • 09-24-22

Easy listening

The usual cozy listen from Beaton - more complex than most and less humour than her earlier novels.

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  • Kathryn Adams
  • 11-20-21

Hamish in trouble again

Once again another great story with lots of turns. Worth a. listen to and the narrator brings it to life

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