| Death of a Gentle Lady Contributor(s): Beaton, M. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 044661548X ISBN-13: 9780446615488 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, they say. But who has time for marriage when there's a murder to be solved? When Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked and outraged. Chief Detective Inspector Blair suspects members of her family, but Hamish Macbeth thinks there's more to the story, and begins investigating the truth behind this lady's gentle exterior. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Hamish Macbeth Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" (0.30 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series. Death of a Gentle Lady: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, they say. But who has time for marriage when there's a murder to be solved? When Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked and outraged. Chief Detective Inspector Blair suspects members of her family, but Hamish Macbeth thinks there's more to the story, and begins investigating the truth behind this lady's gentle exterior. |