Death of a Perfect Wife by Mc Beaton

Death of a Perfect Wife by Mc Beaton

Hamish Macbeth is savouring the delights of a Highland summer, but as fast as the rain rolls in from the loch his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket. The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns to Lochdubh with a new fiance on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges descend on the town. And then a paragon of housewife perfection named Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her cowed husband in tow. The newcomer quickly convinces the local ladies to embrace low-cholesterol meals, ban alcohol and begin bird-watching. Soon the town's menfolk are up in arms and Macbeth must solve Lochdubh's newest crime - the mysterious poisoning of the perfect wife.

Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth- Booklist

Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive - Houston Chronicle

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

As usual, Beaton delivers a delightfully old-fashioned, absorbing village mystery. - Booklist

This fictional world-part cozy, part unsparing-can be highly addictive. - School Library Journal

M. C. Beaton worked as a Fleet Street journalist. She is the author of the Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish Macbeth series and an Edwardian murder-mystery series. She divides her time between Paris and the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely.

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ISBN 13	9781845296674
ISBN 10	1845296672
Title	Death of a Perfect Wife
Author	Mc Beaton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2008-08-14
Number of pages	224
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