M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
From a New York Times bestselling author, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant officer; the enigmatic American James Bland, whose true mission is to track down the members of a Russian spy network. In the meantime, he and Bland deal with it the usual crop of traffic incidents, lost wallets, lost dogs, and lost people, but a spate of burglaries committed by a man dubbed "Spiderman" give Hamish cause for serious concern.

Hamish has to use all of his contacts and every ounce of his Highland guile to find the robber and protect the village.

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781538743317 (January, 2025), 206 p., $8.99.

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth ever wants is a quiet life in the tranquil surroundings of Lochdubh, his home village in the Scottish Highlands. Although the area he polices is vast, he's happiest when he's working alone, yet the police authorities insist he has an assistant. In the past, they have supplied a variety of problematic misfits, but they surpass themselves with their latest effort - an American named James Bland.

Having met Bland previously, when he was left in no doubt that the American led a life coloured by secrets and skulduggery, Hamish isn't surprised when he discovers the real motive behind Bland's police secondment involves him in helping track down a spy ring, some members of which have met grisly ends.

That investigation tears Hamish away from Lochdubh at a time when the village is suffering a disturbing spate of increasingly violent burglaries. The identity of the burglar, however, is a perplexing mystery. All of that blows Hamish's quiet life out the window and puts a serious strain on his relationship with female paramedic, Claire.

Can Hamish cope with the murky world of espionage, seek out the spies before anyone else is murdered, capture the Lochdubh burglar before his nocturnal rampage runs out of control and rescue his sadly neglected love life?

Only time will tell...

PRAISE FOR M.C. BEATON:
'Unmissable!' -- Peterborough Telegraph
'First rate... deft social comedy and wonderfully realized atmosphere.' -- Booklist
'It's always a treat to return to Lochdubh.' -- New York Times

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781408718575 (September, 2024), 230 p., £9.99.

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth ever wants is a quiet life in the tranquil surroundings of Lochdubh, his home village in the Scottish Highlands. Although the area he polices is vast, he's happiest when he's working alone, yet the police authorities insist he has an assistant. In the past, they have supplied a variety of problematic misfits, but they surpass themselves with their latest effort - an American named James Bland.

Having met Bland previously, when he was left in no doubt that the American led a life coloured by secrets and skulduggery, Hamish isn't surprised when he discovers the real motive behind Bland's police secondment involves him in helping track down a spy ring, some members of which have met grisly ends.

That investigation tears Hamish away from Lochdubh at a time when the village is suffering a disturbing spate of increasingly violent burglaries. The identity of the burglar, however, is a perplexing mystery. All of that blows Hamish's quiet life out the window and puts a serious strain on his relationship with female paramedic, Claire.

Can Hamish cope with the murky world of espionage, seek out the spies before anyone else is murdered, capture the Lochdubh burglar before his nocturnal rampage runs out of control and rescue his sadly neglected love life?

Only time will tell...

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Constable, ISBN: 9781408718551 (February, 2024), 240 p., £20.00.

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy (USA 2024)

From the Publisher:
From a New York Times bestselling author, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant officer; the enigmatic American James Bland, whose true mission is to track down the members of a Russian spy network. In the meantime, he and Bland deal with it the usual crop of traffic incidents, lost wallets, lost dogs, and lost people, but a spate of burglaries committed by a man dubbed "Spiderman" give Hamish cause for serious concern.

Hamish has to use all of his contacts and every ounce of his Highland guile to find the robber and protect the village.

M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green: Death of a Spy. A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781538743300 (February, 2024), 224 p., $28.00, eBook $13.99.