Author(s): M. C. Beaton

Crime Fiction

Amazing news is spreading like wildfire across the Scottish countryside: the most famous of all Highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, is planning to marry at last! Everyone in the village of Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Hamish's newest constable and blushing bride-to-be. While locals think she is quite a catch, Hamish has a severe case of pre-nuptial jitters...after all, if it wasn't for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighbouring village there wouldn't be a wedding in the first place. For it was a mysterious Valentine's Day card - delivered to the victim before her death - which initially drew Hamish and Josie together in the investigation. And now, as they work side by side, they soon discover that the woman's list of admirers was endless - confirming Hamish's suspicion that love can be deaf, blind...and deadly.

About the author:
M.C. Beaton has worked as a Fleet Street journalist for many years before retiring to concentrate on writing. She is the author of now 25 Hamish Macbeth murder mysteries as well as 20 Agatha Raisin titles which Constable & Robinson also publishes. She divides her time between the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely, and Paris. For more information on M.C. Beaton and her books, go to www.agatharaisin.co.uk.