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Everyday Drinking_ The Distille - Kingsley Amis; Christopher Hitc
From BooklistThe drinks revival is nearly complete—it’s now possible to be as insufferable about beer and spirits as about wine—but the revival seems to come with a warning label: ... -
Death of a Valentine - M. C. Beaton
From Publishers WeeklyIn bestseller Beaton's enjoyable 25th Hamish Macbeth mystery (after 2008's Death of a Witch), a Valentine's Day parcel explodes in the face of the Scottish H.... -
Death of a Travelling Man - M. C. Beaton
SUMMARY: "ENTRANCING . . . A GEM." --Ocala Star-Banner Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He's been promoted (horrors!), his boss is a dunce, and--to add insult to injury--a si... -
Death of a Snob - M. C. Beaton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "Pure bliss." Atlanta Journal & Constitution A Hamish Macbeth Mystery by the author of "Death of a Hussy." With a cold in his head and no place to go for Christma... -
Death of a Scriptwriter - M. C. Beaton
SUMMARY: HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. ... -
Death of a Prankster - M. C. Beaton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When Hamish Macbeth hears that there has been a murder at the home of the practical joker Arthur Trent, he doesn't race to the scene of the crime. The last time h... -
Death of a Gossip - M. C. Beaton
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Jane Winters--Lady Jane--was a noted gossip columnist enrolled in the Lachdubh School of Casting (fish casting, that is). She had something on everyone in class--... -
Death of a Gentle Lady - M. C. Beaton
Mrs Gentle has fooled everyone into thinking she is as sweet as she sounds - Gentle by name and gentle by nature. But local constable Hamish Macbeth isn't fooled. He believes this ... -
Death of a Dentist - M. C. Beaton
SUMMARY: A blinding toothache sends Hamish Macbeth 120 miles out of Lochdubh to the dentist Frederick Gilchrist, only to find him dead. Since everyone is pleased the dentist is dec... -
Death of a Chimney Sweep - M. C. Beaton
FromThe Scottish Highlands that Beaton depicts with such skill are beautiful and sinister, a fitting backdrop to her Hamish Macbeth series and especially to this one, her twenty-si...