M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy (UK 2021)

From the Publisher:
A tart with a heart of stone...
Maggie Baird is neither kind or generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her luxurious Highlands home - Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are utterly broke and all had ample opportunity to tamper with Maggie's car. So finding out who did it will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature.

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 Hussy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472124104 (November, 2021), 240 p., £8.99.

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

From the Publisher:
A TART WITH A HEART OF STONE...
Maggie Baird is neither kind nor generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her luxurious Highlands home - Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband.

All five are utterty broke and all had ample opportunity to tamper with Maggie's car. So finding, out who did it will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature; especially when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely...

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 Hussy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781472124104 (August, 2017), 240 p., £8.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
WEALTHY MAGGIE BAIRD IS NEITHER NICE NOR KIND NOR GENEROUS.
About the best that can be said of her is that inside her middle-aged body, there still beats the heart of a beautiful tart.

So when her car catches fire, with Maggie in it, there are five likely perpetrators right on the premises. houseguests in her luxurious Highlands cottage: Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are equally impecunious, and all 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, a thorn in the side of his superiors, and an exasperation to his neighbors -- 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.

"Beaton's newest continues one of the finest, and most offbeat, police procedural series around." -- Publishers Weekly

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy. A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9780446573542 (August, 2013), 292 p., $8.00.

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

From the Publisher:
A TART WITH A HEART OF STONE...
Maggie Baird is neither kind nor generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her luxurious Highlands home - Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband.

All five are utterty broke and all had ample opportunity to tamper with Maggie's car. So finding, out who did it will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature; especially when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely...

'Splendid fun.' -- 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 Hussy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. C & R Crime / Little, Brown, ISBN: 9781472105240 (March, 2013), 207 p., £7.99.

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

From the Publisher:
Money couldn't buy her love
Maggie Baird is neither kind nor generous, but she is very, very rich. So it's no real surprise that when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All had been houseguests at her luxurious Highland home - Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie was intending to pick for a husband.

All five of them are broke and all had the opportunity. So sorting through this embarrassment of suspects will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth's celtic common sense and insight into human nature.

'Splendid fun.' -- New York Times Book Review
'One of the finest and most offbeat police procedural series around.' -- Publishers Weekly

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Robinson, ISBN: 1845296699 (August, 2008), 204 p., £5.99.

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
WEALTHY MAGGIE BAIRD IS NEITHER NICE NOR KIND NOR GENEROUS.
About the best that can be said of her is that inside her middle-aged body, there still beats the heart of a beautiful tart.

So when her car catches fire, with Maggie in it, there are five likely perpetrators right on the premises. houseguests in her luxurious Highlands cottage: Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are equally impecunious, and all 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, a thorn in the side of his superiors, and an exasperation to his neighbors -- 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.

"Beaton's newest continues one of the finest, and most offbeat, police procedural series around." -- Publishers Weekly

M.C. Beaton: Death of a Hussy. Money talks, and sometimes what it says is murder... A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. Ivy Books, ISBN: 0804107688 (November, 1991), 151 p., $3.99.