Death of a gossip
By: M.C. Beaton
Series: Hamish MacBeth series -- Bk. 1
Publisher: C & R Crime
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781472105202; 9781849011785
Subjects: Fiction; Lochdubh (Scotland : Imaginary place); Police
Description: "When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joins the local fishing class she wastes no time in ruffling feathers - or should that be fins? - of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue is Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth, yet not even Hamish thinks someone would seriously want to silence Lady Jane's shrill voice permanently - until her strangled body is fished out of the river. Now with the help of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish must steer a course through the choppy waters of the tattler's life to find a murderer. But with a school of suspects who aren't willing to talk, and the dead woman telling no tales, Hamish may well be in over his head for he knows that secrets are dangerous, knowledge is power, and killers when cornered usually do strike again"--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Originally published: New York: St. Martin's, 1985: London: Robinson, 2008.