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Death of a Ghost

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21st February 2017

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Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781472117243

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There are many ruined castles in Scotland. One such lies outside the village of Drim. Hamish begins to hear reports that this castle is haunted and lights have been seen there at night, but he assumes it’s some children or maybe the local lads going there to smoke pot, or, worse, inject themselves with drugs. Hamish says to his policeman, Charlie ‘Clumsy’ Carson, that they will both spend a night there.

The keening wind explains the ghostly noises, but when Charlie falls through the floor, Hamish finds the body of a dead man propped up in a corner of the cellar. After Charlie is airlifted to the hospital, Chief Detective Inspector Blair arrives to investigate the body, but there is none to be found. Dismissed as a drunk making up stories, Hamish has to find and identify the body and its killer before the “ghost” can strike again.

Reviews

The New York Times
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh.
Good Book Guide
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life.
Good Book Guide
The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series... a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life.
Anne Robinson, The Times
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status.
The Times
The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status.
Kerry Greenwood
M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore and I'm very glad to own a complete set
The New York Times
It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh.
Kerry Greenwood
M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie's Whisky Galore and I'm very glad to own a complete set