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by M.C. Beaton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 191 pages
  • Publisher: Chivers P.; Large print e. edition (31 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0754039412
  • ISBN-13: 978-0754039419
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,539,024 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Murder in Paradise; when Jane Wetherby offers PC Hamish Macbeth a holiday at her 'Happy Wanderer' health farm on the isle of Eileencraig, he is more than happy to accept. Unfortunately the visit doesn't prove to be the pampering experience he had been hoping for. Windswept Eileencraig is inhabited by hostile islanders, many of whom would be more than happy to be rid of the 'Happy Wanderer' and its proprietor. And the company at the health farm is hardly better. The volatile party includes an ex-husband, an illicit lover, and Morag Todd, an unadulterated snob who criticizes everybody and everything. So when Morag is found lying at the foot of a cliff with a broken neck, no one seems too broken up about the event - leaving it up to Hamish to solve the death of a snob. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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M. C. Beaton worked as a Fleet Street journalist. She is the author of sixteen Agatha Raisin novels, the Hamish McBeth series and an Edwardian murder-mystery series. She divides her time between the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely, and Paris. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, and a great mystery, 25 Feb 2005
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the sixth in a series of wonderful mysteries featuring the detective work of small town, Highland Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth, P.C. In this book, Hamish is dubious of an attractive health farm owner's belief that someone is trying to kill her, but accepts her invitation to come to her place in the Hebrides. However, when another guest turns up dead, Hamish does not agree with his superior's belief that the death was an accident, and goes on investigating. There's a lot here that doesn't meet the eye and only Hamish Macbeth will be able to find the motive for the murder, and as such the murderer.

Being a dyed-in-the-wool Hamish Macbeth fan, I can tell you that this is another great Hamish mystery, just as good as the rest. The story was quite fascinating, and I have always enjoyed M.C. Beaton's (pseudonym of Marion Chesney) Highlands & Islands setting and characters. Overall I thought that this was a great book, and a great mystery. If you like mysteries, or are merely interest in Scotland, then you must get this book!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Deeply Ironic and Memorable Christmas Mystery, 27 Dec 2006
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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Police Constable Hamish Macbeth is miserable. He's sick . . . and no one seems to notice. He also is looking forward to visiting his family on his Christmas holiday . . . until he's warned off because his aunt who cannot stand him is coming from America. In a foul mood, he's not too excited when Priscilla Hallburton-Smythe asks him to talk to a guest, Jane Wetherby, at the family hotel (formerly the family castle) about two brushes with death and an inauspicious tea leaf reading. Meeting Jane, he's quickly impressed by her looks, her wealth, and her health farm (the Happy Wanderer) on remote Eileencraig. His mood lifts when he's able to inveigle an invitation for a free trip over Christmas to "look into things there." He leaves the exhausted Priscilla to trek to his parents' home to deliver Christmas presents in a terrible blizzard . . . and promptly forgets about her while becoming intrigued by the widowed cookbook author, Harriet Shaw, who becomes Dr. Watson to his Sherlock Holmes.

Naturally, Hamish is trying to fit in with the other guests . . . and not indicate that he's a policeman on holiday with a purpose. Choosing a cover as a forester, he's ripped up one side and down the other by one of the guests, Heather Todd, who is a social climbing communist sympathizer who favors any trendy left-wing cause for which she can hold a party. But you cannot blame Heather too much for her self-absorption: Her husband mainly likes to admire himself in the mirror. The other guests don't endear themselves to Hamish very much either. He soon wishes that he were anywhere else. And then, mysterious events start to occur. Jane disappears, and Hamish sets out to find her. Then one of the guests disappears and the search is even more challenging.

The mystery is a delightful one, with fair clues to help you figure out who did what to whom. The detection process is also fun. Hamish's attraction to Heather provides lots of amusing scenes. Priscilla's Christmas story will be one you'll long think about.

The book's only weakness is that the victim is painted in harsher colors than are needed for the story. That creates a memorable character, but hardly a realistic one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stuck on a Greek Island-tastic, 27 Sep 2000
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This review is from: Death of a Snob (Hamish Macbeth) (Paperback)
M.C Beaton, relative of William Stanley Beaton, has created a monumental piece of creative literature. From the opening scenes of sheep rustling and F&E abuse, the hero of the piece, Paul 'Cockney Cowboy' Stevens, finds himself faced with a scene comparable to something out of Dante's inferno. The book opens on one clear night, with the moon shimmering on his white lowered beamer. The cowboy, in tandem with the Roadhouse's keenest patron, discover a snake in the grass, which could threaten scopus's existence. The snake reveals the Trojan initials of D&C, in a dramatic scene, reminiscent of an episode of Spender, Roadhouse smites the snake using the divine power of Accept List One. Scopus is safe once more.

As you can expect 'Death of a Snob' is a riveting read. M.C Beaton has done it again. My only reservation concerns the title. I would suggest a more creative, dynamic title, maybe something along the lines of 'The Grass- a sad miserable man in a world of telecoms and suing'

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A funny and entertaining series which whisks you to Loch Dubh with Hamish Macbeth, the shrewd village policeman, who is quite happy in his croft, thanks very much. Read more
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