Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth)

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In this addition to a New York Times bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems. Hibbert had insisted on helping, always cheerful, always smiling but always bleating about what heavy work it was and how “poor Clara shouldn’t have to lug all that peat around. Mackenzie reached into a battered knapsack, quickly laying a hand on his old binoculars without ever taking his eyes off the figure in pink further down the hill. He is wary when he is teamed up with DC David Forbes, but eventually finds him to be a valuable asset. We find Macbeth in his usual circumstance - living alone in the police station (waiting to be assigned a new partner), doing everything he can to keep his head down and his police station open.

Death of a Green-Eyed Monster] maintains Beaton's distinctive voice and includes the usual village eccentrics, loads of Scottish lore, and the light humor that Beaton fans have loved through the years.I still regret the state in which one of my favorite characters , Peter McGarr was left when his author, Bartholomew Gill, died suddenly. Greene has captured the essence of Lochdubh and its inhabitants, keeping the lightness of heart Hamish’s stories have always had while building strong characters, new and old. No sooner had he fixed the woman in focus than she disappeared where the track dipped behind a heather-clad mound. He’d heard nothing about Hibbert taking a holiday and his day was suddenly cheered by the thought that he might be rid of her for a couple of weeks.

Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. As though they could read his thoughts, several of the North Country Cheviots turned their white faces towards him, their pensive expressions filled with false wisdom.

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