M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost (UK 2023)

From the Publisher:
SERGEANT HAMISH MACBETH - LOCHDUBH'S MOST QUICK-WITTED BUT LINAMBITIOUS POLICEMAN - IS BACK AGAIN.
When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie 'Clumsy' Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumours once and for all.

There's no sign of any ghost... but then Charlie disappears through the floor. It turns out he's fallen into the cellar. And what Hamish and Charlie find there is worse than any ghost: a dead body propped against the wall. Waiting for help to arrive, Hamish and Charlie leave the castle just for a moment - to eat bacon baps - but when they return, the body is nowhere to be seen. It's clear something strange - and deadly - is going on at the castle, and Hamish must get to the bottom of it before the 'ghost' can strike again...

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

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472117410 (May, 2023), 264 p., £9.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost (UK 2018)

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472117410 (February, 2018), 264 p., £8.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost (USA 2018)

From the Publisher:
THE PHANTOM OF THE FORTRESS
When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie "Clumsy" Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumors once and for all.

What Hamish and Charlie find is worse than a ghost: a dead body propped against a cellar wall. Waiting for help to arrive, Hamish and Charlie leave the castle just for a moment -- to eat bacon baps -- but when they return, the body is nowhere to be seen.

It's clear something deadly is going on at the castle, and Hamish must get to the bottom of it before the "ghost" can strike again...

"IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO RETURN TO LOCHDUBH, THE PICTURESQUE VILLAGE IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS." -- New York Times Book Review
"SUPERB ENTERTAINMENT, AS RICH AND WARMING AS A FINE MALT WHISKY, AND EVERY BIT AS ADDICTIVE." -- Houston Chronicle

M.C. BEATON is the author of the Hamish Macbeth mystery series, as well as the acclaimed Agatha Raisin books.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455558292 (February, 2018), 307 p., $7.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost (UK 2017)

From the Publisher:
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth - Lochdubh's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman - is back in his 32nd mystery.
When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie 'Clumsy Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumours once and for all.

There's no sign of any ghost... but then Charlie disappears through the floor. It turns out he's fallen into the cellar. And what Hamish and Charlie find there is worse than a ghost: a dead body propped against the wall. Waiting for help to arrive, Hamish and Charlie leave the castle just for a moment - to eat bacon baps - but when they return, the body is nowhere to be seen, It's clear something strange - and deadly - is going on at the castle, and Hamish must get to the bottom of it before the 'ghost' can strike again...

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472117243 (February, 2017), 247 p., £16.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost (USA 2017)

From the Publisher:
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth-Scotrand's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman-returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series.

DEATH OF A GHOST
When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie "Clumsy" Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumors once and for all.

There's no sign of any ghost... but then Charlie disappears through the floor. It turns out he's fallen into the cellar. And what Hamish and Charlie find there is worse than a ghost: a dead body propped against the wall. Waiting for help to arrive, Hamish and Charlie leave the castle just for a moment-to eat bacon baps-but when they return, the body is nowhere to be seen.

It's clear something strange -- and deadly -- is going on at the castle, and Hamish must get to the bottom of it before the "ghost" can strike again...

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Ghost. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455558308 (February, 2017), 246 p., $26.00.