Bibliograph

Death of a perfect wife, a Hamish Macbeth mystery, M.C. Beaton

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Death of a perfect wife, a Hamish Macbeth mystery, M.C. Beaton

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Death of a perfect wife

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

M.C. Beaton

Series statement

Hamish Macbeth, bk. 4

Sub title

a Hamish Macbeth mystery

Summary

Hamish Macbeth, the laid-back constable of Lochdubh, Scotland, has a new Land Rover to drive and a Highland summer to savor, but as fast as 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 from London-with a fianc? on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges, the diabolical Scottish mosquito, descend on the town. Then a paragon of housewifery named Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her lapdog husband in tow. The newcomer quickly convinces the local ladies to embrace low-cholesterol meals, ban tobacco, and begin bird-watching. Soon the town's fish-and-chips-loving men are up in arms. Now faced with the trials of his own soul, Macbeth must solve Lochdubh's newest crime: the mysterious poisoning of the perfect wife

Target audience

adult

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