Death of a Snob [Paperback]

M. C. Beaton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (1991)
• ASIN: B000OTHDXE
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 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.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Murderous Mooching, June 18, 2000

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Mamalinde "mamalinde" (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Happy Wanderer health farm on the weird little island of Eileencraig is the setting for an odd cast of characters and (of course) a murder. Hamish MacBeth, police constable of the Highland village of Lochdubh, is implored by ex-fiancé Priscilla to come to the rescue of an acquaintance who runs and owns the health farm and has found herself the victim of a couple of "accidents." Hamish finds it a excellent excuse to mooch a free holiday. A wee fey truck along with Beaton's usual delightful dialogue, well drawn characters and starkly vivid landscape are only part of the charm of this story. The murder victim, is as always, totally unlikable, the suspects numerous, and the plot twists and turns but never loses its pace. Will this be the turning point for the unlucky in love Hamish? Or the final straw in the career of this ever un-ambitious police constable? A clever whodunit, with all the wonderful bits and pieces Ms. Beaton formulaically delivers in an artfully distinct manner.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining, March 26, 2000

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This review is from: Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is one of the best in the whole Hamish Macbeth series. I highly recommend it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ya gotta love Hamish!, May 31, 2003

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MLPlayfair (Ravenna, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

It's Christmas, and Hamish is sick. The unlikable Jane Wetherby from the island of Eileencraig thinks someone's trying to kill her. She runs a health farm, where lots of interesting characters are staying, all of whom, of course, become suspects in what leads to murder. DEATH OF A SNOB may be the 4th in the Hamish Macbeth series -- I've lost count. It's coprighted 1991. The awkward relationship between Hamish and Priscilla contines. This is a real cozy in the old tradition, with a group brought together on an island. It's fun, short, and light, but also moody and dark, with some elements of a real "thriller" thrown in, along with some fun characters. Once again, Beaton has made the nasty one so nasty that I'd have wanted to kill that one myself!