M. C. Beaton

Gare à ne pas se brûler les ailes ! Pour élucider un meurtre, Agatha Raisin doit pénétrer malgré elle les secrets de trois vieilles ornithologues aux relations incendiaires entre passion commune et rivalité destructrice.

After a lifetime spent in public relations, one-woman dynamo Agatha Raisin struggles to adapt to life in a quiet country village – but she soon finds that there is murder and mayhem aplenty to keep her busy. Among the cases she has to deal with are a poisoned quiche; a vet who has been...

From a New York Times bestselling author, 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. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin television series, travel to the Scotland Highlands with a classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery. All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable...

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series... Death of a Liar: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery 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...

Hamish Macbeth riceve la notizia che c'è stato un omicidio ad Arrat House, in cui vive il ricchissimo Arthur Trent ma, sebbene sia un poliziotto, non si scapicolla per raggiungere la (presunta) scena del crimine. Stavolta, però, la vittima c'è ed è proprio l'incorreggibile burlone Arthur Trent.

Convinta che qualcuno stia cercando di ucciderla, la ricca Jane Wetherby chiede a Hamish Macbeth di trascorrere il Natale con lei e con un gruppo di amici presso la sua clinica termale, che sorge sull'isola di Eileencraig.

Eine plötzliche Flut von Giftbriefen versetzt das schottische Dorf Lochdubh in Aufregung. Die Dinge nehmen eine tödliche Wendung, als die örtliche Postbotin erhängt in ihrem Zimmer aufgefunden wird - mit einer bösartigen Notiz unter ihren baumelnden Füßen.

In this addition to a New York Times bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems. Kate Hibbert is all too eager to lend a hand to her neighbors. Although...

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Hamish's new constable, Dorothy McIver, may be the most beautiful woman...

Nobody loves an honest man--or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat, where he immediately started to stir up outrage among his neighbors. Paul first attended church in Lochdubh and...

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series. From the author of the Agatha Raisin series. When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes...

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. Gloria apologizes for her employer's behavior, and Hamish takes the...

Für Agatha Raisin ist es an der Zeit, ihre Tätigkeit als Amateur-Detektivin zur Profession zu machen, und sie eröffnet ihr eigenes Detektivbüro. Als dann eine junge Frau, die eine Todesdrohung erhalten hat, beschützt werden soll, ist Agatha endlich voll in ihrem Element.

Il brutto tempo non è certo insolito, nei Cotswolds, ma è una nebbia pressoché impenetrabile quella in cui si trovano Rory e Molly Devere, il nuovo vicario e sua moglie, mentre stanno tornando a casa da una cena nel villaggio di Sumpton Harcourt.

Im abgelegenen schottischen Fischerdorf Stoyre ist etwas im Gange. Die Einwohner verhalten sich irgendwie äußerst ... merkwürdig. Bei einem Routinebesuch findet Dorfpolizist Hamish Macbeth den Pub leer vor, während die Kirche unerwartet voll ist - und die Atmosphäre durchdrungen von Angst. Dann ...

Lord Bellington è morto, però ben pochi, a Carsely, se ne dispiacciono. Aveva infatti deciso di rivestire con una colata di cemento un'area che i pensionati dei Cotswolds usavano come orto e la cosa aveva suscitato più di un malumore.

Mrs. Bloxby, die Frau des Pfarrers, weiß, wie man eine Unwillige überredet. Bis sich unter dem wild agierenden Hauptdarsteller plötzlich der Boden auftut: ein Sturz, ein Schrei, dann Stille - und die erschreckende Erkenntnis: Der Schauspieler liegt tot unter der Bühne.

Eine militante Wanderin, die ihr Ende im Feld des Erzfeindes findet - dieser Fall schreit förmlich nach einer Spürnase wie Agatha Raisin, meint Deborah, eine Freundin der Toten.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth returns to protect his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton’s beloved, New York Times bestselling series. It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Sergeant...