M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
Her table manners were a crime. But she didn't deserve to die!
There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine but not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in.

The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another. And the arrival of Maria's gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door.

Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: Who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth...

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472124135 (January, 2022), 231 p., £8.99.

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

From the Publisher:
HER TABLE MANNERS WERE A CRIME. BUT SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE!
There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine, although not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe as he'd like.

But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another. And the arrival of Maria's gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance.

As love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth?

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 Glutton. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472124135 (November, 2017), 231 p., £8.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton (UK 2013)

'It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh.' -- New York Times Book Review
'The detective novels of M.C. Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status.' -- Anne Robinson, The Times

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. C & R Crime / Little, Brown, ISBN: 9781472105271 (May, 2013), 231 p., £7.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Peta's table manners were criminal -- but she didn't deserve to die...
There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's Highland sky - for once he's enjoying plenty of warm sunshine. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the heavens begin to darken. The four couples, so carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately take a dislike to one another. And the arrival of Maria's gross, greedy business partner, Peta, ruins the last vestige of romance.

And as love goes out the window, murder comes in at the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with a baffling puzzie: Who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth?

"Looking for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh... where M.C. Beaton sets her beguiling whodunits featuring Constable Hamish Macbeth." -- New York Times Book Review

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Robinson, ISBN: 1845297350 (November, 2008), 205 p., £5.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton (USA 1995 / 9th printing)

From the Publisher:
THERE'S NOT A CLOUD IN CONSTABLE HAMISH MACBETH'S SKY...
Just plenty of warm sunshine and not quite enough of beautiful Priscilla Halburton-Smythe.

But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike each other. The arrival of Maria's gross, greedy partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance.

And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal, and Hamish is left with a baffling puzzle: Who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a big red apple in her mouth? Surely not one of those singles...

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton. Her table manners were a crime. But she didn't deserve to die... A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. Ivy Books, ISBN: 0804112126 (June, 1995 - 9th printing, no date given), 168 p., $6.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton (USA 1993)

From the Publisher:
Peta Gore is the bane of her panner's otherwise successful life. Trying to work with Peta on a matchmaking business That Peta uses mostly for her own purposes, Maria Worth has come to hate her old friend, a noisy, vulgar glutton. There is no other way to describe Peta: She does not just "have a good appetite." she sucks and chomps and chews with relish. Not only are her table manners horritying, she has a habit of showing up at Maria's carefully planned singles' gatherings and spoiling everything by flirting with all the men.

But this time Maria is determined to keep her latest singles' event a secret from Peta. The gathering is to be at Tommel Castle Hotel in the remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, the perfect setting for a particularly difficult group. Nothing can go wrong. Except that somehow Peta finds out about the gathering and shows up, thoroughly disgusting everyone. Guests and staff band together in mutual loathing. But does someone hate her enough to kill her?

When she is found dead, an apple stuck unceremoniously in her mouth, P.C. Hamish Macbeth is on the scene.

With a castle full of odd suspects, the lazy. long-limbed constable has to put his wooing of the hotel proprietress, Priscilla, on hold to solve the case. Charming and canny as ever, Hamish and his adventures once again provide "an experience delicious, stimulating, and cozy" (Publishers Weekly).

Scottish-born M.C. BEATON is the author of six previous Hamish Macbeth mysteries as well as Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death. Beaton lives in England.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Glutton. A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312087616 (April, 1993), 152 p., $16.95.