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by M C Beaton (Author) "They are still called dustmen in Britain ..." (more)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Warner Books; Reprint edition (1 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0446609315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446609319
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 236,314 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Have three hours to kill...this is your book!, 21 Sep 2001
This review is from: Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries) (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.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Macbeth continues his 'Dread Scot' cases!, 15 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries) (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!

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Yet, 9 Aug 2001
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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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