There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine. But not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. Then as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another and the arrival of Maria's gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth ...
There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine. But not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. Then as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another and the arrival of Maria's gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth ...
Her table manners were a crime. But she didn’t deserve to die. The 8th compelling and charming Hamish Macbeth mystery from multi-million-copy bestselling author, M.C. Beaton.
M.C. Beaton is the internationally bestselling author of both the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series, as well as numerous Regency romances. Her books have been translated into 17 languages and her Agatha Raisin mysteries have been made into an Acorn/Sky TV series starring Ashley Jensen. M.C. Beaton is consistently the most borrowed UK adult author in British libraries. David Monteath was born in Glasgow, Scotland and started acting while in high school. He trained as an actor at Webber-Douglas in London and has been an actor and voiceover artist for over 25 years. He has broad voiceover experience, from television and radio advertising, language tapes, phone and message services, film and television dubbing and character animation through to commentary and audiobook narration. He is perhaps best known for narrating M.C. Beaton’s bestselling Hamish Macbeth series.
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