02501cam a2200421 i 4500 2060943003 TxAuBib 20250327120000.0 250212s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781538743331 hardcover 1538743337 hardcover (OCoLC)1499123863 TxAuBib rda Beaton, M. C., author. Death of a smuggler / M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green. First U.S. edition. New York : Grand Central, 2025. ©2025. ix, 229 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Hamish Macbeth murder mystery, A ; 37 "All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish's problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman's body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked. To Hamish's horror, he then finds himself working on the murder case with the despicable Detective Chief Inspector Blair--his sworn enemy--who has been drafted in under curious circumstances. With a growing list of suspects, ever more bewildering circumstances and Blair hindering him at every turn, Hamish must find the murderer before anyone else falls victim. Never has a quiet life seemed further from his grasp!"-- Provided by publisher. 20250327. Macbeth, Hamish (Fictitious character) Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Police Scotland Highlands Fiction. Missing persons Investigation Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Enemies Fiction. Highlands (Scotland) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft Green, R. W, (Novelist), author. A Hamish Macbeth murder mystery ; 37. TXKIP