Death of a Bore
Hamish Macbeth - Book XX
by M C Beaton
John Heppel is a famous literary author who has just moved to Cnothan. His first venture
is to set up a creative writing class, which just about everybody is keen to attend. But he
soon reveals himself as a boring man who is too quick to promote himself and disparage the
efforts of others. Not long after the first class he is found in his cottage dead, his mouth
full of ink, poisoned by... mothballs? Hamish is on the case...
I do like a good convoluted plot in a detective story and this has
one, with a netful of red herrings and plenty of color. There are
two love interests for Hamish (plus another who would like to be)
and some good satire, which is always this author’s forté.
Television companies, pompous writers, grim Scottish cities, reporters
and more are sent up in this fairly action-packed tale, and readers
will find themselves laughing as well as smiling and nodding at
Ms Beaton’s spot-on comments. This is one of the titles that presses
all the right buttons.
Reviews of other titles in this series
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The Book |
Robinson (Constable and Robinson) |
January 2010 |
Paperback |
1849010740 / 9781849010740 |
Mystery / 2006 / Highlands, Scotland |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2010 |
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