MC Beaton Hamish Macbeth Mysteries Series Books In Order

1. Death of a Gossip

2. Death of a Cad

3. Death of an Outsider

4. Death of a Perfect Wife

5. Death of a Hussy

6. Death of a Snob

7. Death of a Prankster

8. Death of a Greedy Woman

9. Death of a Travelling Man

10. Death of a Charming Man

11. Death of a Nag

12. Death of a Macho Man

13. Death of a Dentist

14. Death of a Scriptwriter

15. Death of an Addict

16. Death of a Dustman

17. Death of a Celebrity

18. Death of a Village

19. Death of a Poison Pen

20. Death of a Bore

21. Death of a Dreamer

22. Death of a Maid

23. Death of a Gentle Lady

24. Death of a Witch

25. Death of a Valentine

26. Death of a Chimney Sweep

27. Death of a Kingfisher

28. Death of Yesterday

29. Death of a Policeman

30. Death of a Liar

31. Death of a Nurse

32. Death of a Ghost

33. Death of an Honest Man

34. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster

35. Death of a Traitor

36. Death of a Spy

37. Death of a Smuggler

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Hamish Macbeth is the constable of the sleepy town of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands in M.C. Beaton’s comical mystery series. The laconic detective is depicted as having razor-sharp instincts when it comes to crime, enjoys fishing, and prefers the company of his dog Towser over people, although he has several romances in the series.

Readers enjoy M.C. Beaton’s frothy blend of cozy mystery and romance, and the books never take themselves too seriously. But Beaton has a sharp wit and wry, keen insight into human nature that give the books an extra touch of heart and wisdom, which readers love.

Hamish’s romantic entanglements and friendships progress from book to book, but it is not strictly necessary to read the books in order.

M.C. Beaton passed away in 2019, but her Hamish Macbeth series is continuing to be written by her good friend and author R.W. Green. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Book 34) is the first book written by R.W. Green.

1. Death of a Gossip

Police Constable Hamish Macbeth is called in to investigate the death of the unpopular Lady Jane, a malicious gossip and student at the Lochdubh School of Casting

2. Death of a Cad

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted…except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth.

3. Death of an Outsider

Scottish police Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates the haunted house of English newcomer William Mainwaring and finds the case complicated by a gruesome murder

4. Death of a Perfect Wife

When Paul and Trixie Thomas, an unemployed English couple, move to the sleepy Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh, the villagers are wary of them–and when Trixie is found dead, village police inspector Hamish

5. Death of a Hussy

Recently banished Scottish Police Constable Hamish MacBeth, grateful for Lochdubh newcomer Maggie Baird’s efforts to restore him, suddenly must dig into her sordid past to ferret out her killer

6. Death of a Snob

When an astrologer predicts that she will soon die, a health farm owner calls sedate Constable Hamish Macbeth for protection to her desolate Scottish isle, where the prediction proves not quite accurate

7. Death of a Prankster

Called on to investigate the death of wealthy baby food magnate and perennial prankster Arthur Trent, Hamish Macbeth finds himself faced with a list of suspects that includes Trent’s greedy relations.

8. Death of a Greedy Woman

The arrival of a gluttonous woman at the Tommel Castle Hotel in the Scottish Highlands has the hotel’s staff and guests thoroughly disgusted, especially when the woman is later found murdered.

9. Death of a Travelling Man

When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth, along with a new promotion and more money, is given a new partner–young, eager P. C. Willie Lamont–and he and Lamont race to solve a mystery involving a handsome young drifter.

10. Death of a Charming Man

All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiance. Then a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village

11. Death of a Nag

Taking a vacation in order to ride out the storm of a broken engagement, Constable Hamish Macbeth visits a bed-and-breakfast at coastal Skay, where he meets an annoying array of characters and finds himself the prime suspect in a murder.

12. Death of a Macho Man

The one-man Scottish police force Hamish Macbeth becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the town ne’er-do-well, Randy “Macho Man” Duggan, whose real killer is surprisingly close at hand

13. Death of a Dentist

His troublesome toothache must be put on hold when one-man police force Hamish Macbeth discovers the local dentist dead of nicotine poisoning, despite the fact that he was a non-smoker.

14. Death of a Scriptwriter

With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish – and more

15. Death of an Addict

Constable Hamish MacBeth goes undercover to investigate the mysterious death of a recovered heroin addict, whose church has been suspected of being in the drug trade

16. Death of a Dustman

A bullying tyrant with a neat uniform and a new truck, Lochdubh’s dustman, Fergus Macleod, issues harsh fines and enforces petty rules–until he is found dead, stuffed into a recycling bin.

17. Death of a Celebrity

Constable Hamish Macbeth finds himself confronted by a wealth of suspects when gorgeous, yet vindictive, BBC reporter Crystal French, who has made many enemies in the village of Lochdubh by insulting the shopkeepers

18. Death of a Village

Constable Hamish MacBeth heads for the village of Stoyre to investigate why its citizens are leaving in droves and encounters a series of baffling events, dangers, and mysteries.

19. Death of a Poison Pen

When the residents of Lochdubh begin receiving poison pen letters, no one takes them seriously. But Constable Hamish Macbeth fears them

20. Death of a Bore

Confounded by the murder of Lochdubh writing circle’s long-winded organizer, laconic police officer Hamish Macbeth investigates the victim’s writings for clues and wonders at sinister themes within an unfinished soap opera script.

21. Death of a Dreamer

Hamish Macbeth is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for poison in this novel of murder in the Scottish Highlands. When Effie Garrand is found poisoned by hemlock, it’s up to Macbeth to find her killer before more nightmares unfold.

22. Death of a Maid

Mrs. Gillespie is famous around the northwest of Sutherland for being the best charwoman ever. Of course, if anyone has any social pretensions one does not say charwoman, one talks about “my maid”.

23. Death of a Gentle Lady

Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle – everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is.

24. Death of a Witch

Suspicious of a local woman who has been charming the villagers and using questionable potions, Scottish police officer Hamish Macbeth faces strong opposition from the woman’s supporters and becomes romantically involved with a forensics expert.

25. Death of a Valentine

Amazing news has spread across the Scottish countryside. The most famous of highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, will be married at last.

26. Death of a Chimney Sweep

In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes

27. Death of a Kingfisher

When Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns.

28. Death of Yesterday

When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn’t remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn’t begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he’d prefer not to be bothered with

29. Death of a Policeman

Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth.

30. Death of a Liar

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation

31. Death of a Nurse

James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely.

32. Death of a Ghost

When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs.

33. Death of an Honest Man

Nobody loves an honest man–or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English.

34. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland’s most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams

35. Death of a Traitor

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland’s most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems.

36. Death of a Spy

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh

37. Death of a Smuggler

A murder, a missing man, and his newest constable’s secret past are all that’s standing in the way of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth’s relaxing winter.

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Hamish Macbeth Mysteries Books In Order

1. Death of a Gossip

2. Death of a Cad

3. Death of an Outsider

4. Death of a Perfect Wife

5. Death of a Hussy

6. Death of a Snob

7. Death of a Prankster

8. Death of a Greedy Woman

9. Death of a Travelling Man

10. Death of a Charming Man

11. Death of a Nag

12. Death of a Macho Man

13. Death of a Dentist

14. Death of a Scriptwriter

15. Death of an Addict

16. Death of a Dustman

17. Death of a Celebrity

18. Death of a Village

19. Death of a Poison Pen

20. Death of a Bore

21. Death of a Dreamer

22. Death of a Maid

23. Death of a Gentle Lady

24. Death of a Witch

25. Death of a Valentine

26. Death of a Chimney Sweep

27. Death of a Kingfisher

28. Death of Yesterday

29. Death of a Policeman

30. Death of a Liar

31. Death of a Nurse

32. Death of a Ghost

33. Death of an Honest Man

34. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster

35. Death of a Traitor

36. Death of a Spy

37. Death of a Smuggler

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