Death of a Perfect Wife, 9781472124098
Paperback
Highland summer, new fiance, perfect wife… someone’s dying.

Death of a Perfect Wife

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    10 July 2017

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Summary

Death of a Perfect Wife: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery

Hamish Macbeth is savouring the delights of a Highland summer, but as fast as the rain rolls in from the loch his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket.

The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns to Lochdubh with a new fiance on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges descend on the town. And then a paragon of housewife perfection named Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her cowe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472124098
ISBN-10:147212409X
Series:Hamish Macbeth
Author:M.C. Beaton
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:10 July 2017
Weight:180g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

M C Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth books are a delight: clever, intricate and sardonic. The flavour is reminiscent of Compton MacKenzie’s Whisky Galore and I’m very glad to own a complete set

The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series… a beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations of rural life. - Good Book Guide

The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. - The Times

It’s always a special treat to return to Lochdubh. - The New York Times

About The Author

M.C. Beaton

M.C. Beaton (1936-2019) was the author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have sold more than twenty-one million copies worldwide. She is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries, and her Agatha Raisin books have been turned into a TV series on Sky.

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