These activities ignite the interest of his police superiors in Strathbane, and, once again, he finds that his comfortable little police station in his beloved Lochdubh (pronounced Lock-doo) is being threatened with closure. ![]() Meanwhile, Hamish’s typically unmotivated constable has designs on a woman who may be involved, creating more situations that Macbeth needs to deal with along the way. Shortly thereafter, other bodies turn up, and it is up to Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth to figure out how all of the tiny little threads weave together to lead to the killer. This episode sees the death of a woman in a small community who has a history of telling tall tales, so when she calls the police for help (for real), she is ignored and later found dead. ![]() In this series, the anticipation of waiting to see how each person will contribute is a big part of the fun for the reader. Although this sounds like it would make the books rather cookie-cutter, nothing could be further from the truth. There is a certain core of characters that he always either consults or has some kind of interaction with during the course of his investigations. Over the years, a faint pattern has emerged in how Hamish works toward discovering the solution to the death(s) in each book. The first book was published in 1985, and this is the 31st volume in the series. In the summer of 2013, she recommended a series of books about a policeman (Hamish Macbeth) in the Highlands of Scotland who solves murders via unorthodox methods. ![]() and will make suggestions to me from time to time. She knows that I enjoy writers from the U.K. I attend church with a woman who is a native of Scotland.
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