Name: DEATH OF A CAD
Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)

M C. BEATON

DEATH OF A CAD

M. C. Beaton

Murder Most Fowl When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted...except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet his affairs of the heart will have to wait. Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered-shot while on a grouse hunt. Now with many titled party guests as the prime suspects, each with a reason for snuffing out the despicable captain, Hamish must smooth ruffled feathers as he investigates the case. When the hidden culprit strikes again, Hamish will find himself trying to save Priscilla from a miserable marriage-and catch a killer before he flies the coop.

Death of a Cad

Barbara Williford

Cozy little mystery that is a quick read! Pricilla Smythe brings home her fiancé. At the engagement party, one of her guest, a well know cad, is murdered. They think they have the killer until there’s another murder. Hamish Macbeth needs to solve both murders.

Sian Wadey

Death of a Cad by M.C.Beaton

I'd read plenty of Agatha Raisin and I thought it was about time I investigate Hamish Macbeth. I'd never seen the TV series so I had no preconceived ideas about what the man would be like, but I was pleasantly surprised. The character of Hamish Macbeth is likeable and you want him to succeed in solving his mysteries. All of the books have the same strong plot that the Agatha Raisin collection has and as always I never work out the ending.

Cozy little mystery that is a quick read!  Pricilla Smythe brings home her fiancé.  At the engagement party, one of her guest, a well know cad, is murdered.  They think they have the killer until there’s another murder.  Hamish Macbeth needs to solve both murders.

Yulande Lindsay

Definitely prefer Hamish to Agatha [Raisin].

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everyone in town is delighted... except for love-smitten Hamish Macbeth. Yet the affairs of his heart will have to wait. Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered - shot while on a grouse hunt. Now with so many titled party guests as prime suspects, each with their own reason for snuffing out the despicable captain, Hamish must smooth ruffled feathers as he investigates the case... and catch a killer, before they fly the coop!

Sarah Escorsa

Amanda Wells

This one was better than the first one - I liked the plot better, and I felt a better grasp of Hamish's character this time around too. 

BUT... Towards the end there was yet another super cringey line about a female character deserving to be hit, and ... Yes, I know this book wasn't written recently, but come on. 

I guess I'll give up on Hamish for now. Or beg someone to rewrite for a modern audience!

DEATH OF A CAD

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