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Death of a Hussy
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Death of a Hussy Mass market paperbound - 1991

by M. C. Beaton

Finding out who set a rich tart's car on fire while she was still in it requires all Scottish Police Constable Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature. When it comes to solving a murder, Hamish lets no grass grow under his feet--not even when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely. Martin's.


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"Splendid fun." The New York Times Book Review
A Hamish Macbeth mystery.
Wealthy Maggie Baird is neither nice nor kind nor generous. Once she was beautiful, but now, although middle-aged, she retains the appetites of a beautiful woman. When Maggie's car catches fire with her inside it, suspicion focuses on the five houseguests staying at Maggie's luxurious Highlands cottage: her timid niece and four former lovers, once of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are impecunious. All five had ample opportunity to monkey with Maggie's car. So finding who did it requires all Police Constable Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature. And lazy lout though he may be, Hamish lets no grass grow under his feet when it comes to solving a murder. Especially when he may be the next target.

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"Splendid fun." The New York Times Book Review
A Hamish Macbeth mystery. Wealthy Maggie Baird is neither nice nor kind nor generous. Once she was beautiful, but now, although middle-aged, she retains the appetites of a beautiful woman. When Maggie's car catches fire with her inside it, suspicion focuses on the five houseguests staying at Maggie's luxurious Highlands cottage: her timid niece and four former lovers, once of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are impecunious. All five had ample opportunity to monkey with Maggie's car. So finding who did it requires all Police Constable Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature. And lazy lout though he may be, Hamish lets no grass grow under his feet when it comes to solving a murder. Especially when he may be the next target.

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  • Title Death of a Hussy
  • Author M. C. Beaton
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fawcett Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1991-09-23
  • ISBN 9780804107686 / 0804107688
  • Weight 0.17 lbs (0.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.89 x 4.22 x 0.47 in (17.50 x 10.72 x 1.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

M.C. Beaton lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. She writes the Agatha Raisin mystery series as well as the Hamish Macbeth mystery series.
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