The tension only explodes after the itinerant Sean is found brutally beaten to death. Death of a Travelling Man – Hamish smells trouble, and he’s right as usual.And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike each other. Death of a Glutton – As eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in.But when Trent is murdered, Constable Macbeth must step in. When they arrive, he is in perfect health, cackling at his joke and ready to torment them with others. Death of a Prankster – Rich, old practical joker Andrew Trent summons his kin to remote Arrat House for a deathbed farewell.Death of a Snob – With a cold in his head and no place to go for Christmas, Hamish snaps up the invitation of dJane Wetherby to spend the holiday at her Scottish island health farm – and figure out who is trying to kill her.Finding who did it requires all Hamish Macbeth’s extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature. When Maggie’s car catches fire with her inside it, suspicion focuses on the five houseguests staying at Maggie’s luxurious Highlands cottage. Death of a Hussy – Wealthy Maggie Baird is neither nice nor kind nor generous.The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns from London … with a fiancé on her arm. Death of a Perfect Wife – Hamish Macbeth has a new Land Rover to drive and a Highland summer to savor, but as fast as rain rolls in from the loch, his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket.But after the lobsters are shipped off to Britain’s best restaurants, the whole affair quickly lands on the plate of Constable Hamish Macbeth. All that remain of the murdered victim are his bones. Death of an Outsider – The most hated man in the dourest town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes.Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla’s engagement party, has just been found op. Yet his affairs of the heart will have to wait.
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