- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Warner Books; Reprint edition (1 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446609315
- ISBN-13: 978-0446609319
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 1.9 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 266,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having just read a heart-thumping page-turning thriller, I felt the need to read something that would bring my blood pressure back to its normal rate. "Death of a Dustman," the most recent installment in M. C. Beaton's series about Hamish Macbeth, a police officer in a small village in the Scottish Highlands, was the perfect choice.
This book has just the right mix of suspects, clues, romance and local color to keep you interested while not taxing your heart. Don't expect deep character analyses, complicated plots or dastardly villains. The darkest thing about this book is probably the weather.
I have to give the book 5 stars because it delivered exactly what I expected...about three hours of non-stressful pure reading enjoyment.
This is the perfect book to tuck into your beach bag or carry on luggage.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Indeed, "predictable" is the word (or words!) for any of the Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton, and "Death of a Dustman" is no exception. Ms Beaton has, of course, worked out a very successful "formula" for her Macbeth books, but her fans don't really care! What's fun is reading them! Macbeth is the local policeman in the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh, and, if nothing else, Beaton's characters (primarily Hamish) and the local color (of the setting) are enough to get one going!
In "Death of a Dustman," Beaton's inimitable policeman must find the killer of one Fergus Macleod, local villager only recently appointed as the town's new dustman, in charge of a renewed campaign to keep the area environmentally friendly. Macleod is a real pain, and, thus, when he is found dead, no one really cares! Besides turning into a real tyrant--and impossible to deal with--with his silly and petty (but legal) fines of his townsfolk--he is a wife-abuser and into some blackmail as well. And when his body's found, it's poetic justice, indeed: he was left in a recycling bin. (If that's not a metaphor, what is!) But, the law's the law and a murder's a murder. And Hamish must do his duty--regardless of his personal feelings for Macleod!
As usual, Beaton provides us with suspects aplenty, and Macbeth's resilience pays off, one more time! Beaton's books are delightful to read!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this book excellent reading the plot was really good with plenty of twists and turns. I found myself not wanting to put the book down. From the list of suspects in the murder I kept wanting it not to be any of them. The end is very surprising and I look forward to the next one.
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GRIME AND PUNISHMENT...
This is the seventeenth installment in the Hamish Macbeth series of cozy mysteries. In this book, our beloved Highlander is busy going about his business in the village of Lochdubh... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lawyeraau
NO RUBBISH HERE
Strathbane's bossy Councillor Freda Fleming decrees Lochdubh must go green, wheeliebins and recycling receptacles promptly distributed. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. D. L. Rees
Death and recycling
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Published 13 months ago by Lady Sophia
Great read
Have read many of these books and Death of a Dustman is a really good read. It is easy to pick up and put down. I really like Hamish's character. Read more
Published 15 months ago by angellady
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A great read from M C Beaton Hamish McBeth is a great detective who wants to stay in his home at lochdubh and not be premoted for his clever solving of murders. Read more
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