With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Hamish Macbeth, the constable of the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish--and more--when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery--and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse. The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer who is furious that her ...
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With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Hamish Macbeth, the constable of the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish--and more--when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery--and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse. The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer who is furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque face-lift in their television reincarnation. Yet, going behind the scenes, Macbeth soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling show business types, all harboring their own secrets, lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Macbeth must quickly find the right killer--or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry.
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A surprisingly (for me) engaging novel; easy, pleasant read. I enjoyed it. So why the rather tepid rating? For one thing, I like a really wholesome read, mysteries such as Georgette Heyer's or Agatha Christie's. This is relatively wholesome, but frankly, some of the characters use profanity, and whether that's realistic or not, my leisure reading is one "space" I can choose to keep my atmosphere light and clean! Also, this book (and apparently the series) has a character whose romantic life is repeatedly victimized by circumstance. A bit frustrating for the reader. And there was one unappetizing description of a corpse. If you don't mind these flaws, you might enjoy it. It holds the attention and has likeable characters.
