num_pages: 256
description: Poison pen letters lead to murder in this new Hamish Macbeth mystery from M.C.Beaton. When the townspeople of Lochdubh begin receiving poison pen letters, no one takes them very seriously, even if they are full of wild accusations. But Hamish fears that they might lead to something deadly. His instincts prove correct when the town's postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a poison pen letter at her feet. Though it appears to be a suicide, Hamish suspects something more sinister. Attempting to trace the letters, the last thing Hamish needs is any distractions, but soon Jenny Ogilvie arrives in Lochdubh determined to seduce him. Realizing that she is unable to take Hamish's mind off his case, Jenny decides to do a little investigating of her own. Now, Hamish finds himself in a race to solve the mystery of the poison pen letters before someone else dies, including one likely target-Jenny.
language: English
title: Death of a Poison Pen
titlecomplete: Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth, #19)
characters: Hamish Macbeth, Elspeth Grant, Chief Inspector Blair, Jimmy Anderson
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Scotland, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Humor, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 5249
series: Hamish Macbeth 
publisher: Mysterious Press