Death of a Cad

  • Author M.C. Beaton
  • Narrator David Monteath
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Run Time 5 hours and 56 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everyone in town is delighted . . . except for love-smitten Hamish Macbeth. Yet the affairs of his heart will have to wait.

Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered - shot while on a grouse hunt. Now with so many titled party guests as prime suspects, each with their own reason for snuffing out the despicable captain, Hamish must smooth ruffled feathers as he investigates the case . . . and catch a killer, before they fly the coop!

Praise for M. C. Beaton:

'The books are a delight: clever, intricate, sardonic and amazingly true to the real Highlands' Kerry Greenwood

'It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh' New York Times

Critics Review

  • 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 much-loved Hamish Macbeth series… a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life

    Good Book Guide
  • The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status

    The Times
  • It’s always a special treat to return to Lochdubh

    New York Times
  • Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive

    Houston Chronicle
  • An enchanting series….M.C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery

    New York Times Book Review

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