Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries) [Paperback]

M. C. Beaton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (1992)
• ASIN: B000OSYRXY
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

More About the Author

M.C. BEATON has won international acclaim for her bestselling Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mysteries. She is also the author of over 100 romance titles and a series of romantic suspense, The Edwardian Mystery Series. M. C. Beaton lives in a Cotswold cottage with her husband.

Marion is active on Facebook using her most popular pen name, M.C. Beaton. You can find complete book lists, information on events, and sign up for news updates at her website, www.MCBeaton.com.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Death of a Prankster, February 1, 2002

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Ricky N. "Ricky C. Nelson" (Commerce, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Death of a Prankster" is the seventh Hamish Macbeth mystery by M. C. Beaton. Andrew Trent, a rich old man, who is a terrible practical joker has called his family to his home telling everyone he is dying. It is a practical joke, but comes to pass as he is murdered. When Hamish Macbeth is told that Mr. Trent has been murdered at his home, he hesitates thinking it is just another practical joke. But Andrew Trent has been murdered. Hamish Macbeth investigates finding several people in his family that wanted him dead. Was he killed for hate, or was he killed for money? This novel is good, but some of the local Scottish flavor that is in the other books is absent in this one, but if you are reading through the series, as I am, it is worth your time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, January 8, 2001

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This review is from: Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was my first M.C.Beaton book, and so far I have read many more. My mother bought it for me becasue she enjoyed his writing for a long time. This was a funny mystery because the prankster would play pranks even after he was gone... The best M.C Beaton book i have read.
The humor and incidents leading to the crime are exciting and fast moving. I couldn't figure out who did it, and it takes a skill to make the reader wonder and not feel the need ot give up at the same time, without giving the answer away.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average book by an extraordinary author., March 26, 2000

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This review is from: Death of a Prankster (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book has a good plot, but the plot is over shadowed by the amount of descriptive detail that hovers around a hippie with pink hair.A good book, but not the greatest. I recommend Death of A Gossip or Death of A Snob.