When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted . A trip to a charming seaside inn with his dog Towser is meant to raise his sagging spirits. Hamish Macbeth, constable in the small Scottish Highland town of Lochdubh, is feeling down after losing both his promotion and his girlfriend, the town beauty, Priscilla Halbourton-Smythe. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothing much at all to do but fish, drink coffee, and slouch around. This is the one book I had been missing - not only the usual murder with our man Hamish capturing the killer, but also the romance between Hamish and Priscilla, daughter of the castle owners. A trip to a charming seaside inn with his dog Towser is … But 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 as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. Beaton's charming Constable Hamish Macbeth returns in the sequel to Death of a Gossip, a mirthful mystery set in the Scottish Highlands. except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth. Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. Yet his affairs of the heart will have to wait. 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. DEATH OF A CAD: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. Priscilla, once the love of his life, until Hamish had grown heartily sick of the weight of the torch he was carrying for her, slammed the door on the storm and looked at Hamish. Hamish Macbeth is the main character in the “Hamish Macbeth” series of mystery novels written by M. C. Beaton (a pseudonym; her real name is Marion Gibbons, née McChesney). When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everyone in town is delighted... except for love-smitten Hamish Macbeth. . The first novel featuring Hamish Macbeth was released in 1985 and titled “Death of a Gossip”. "Hamish Macbeth", "Lochdubh", and his police land-rover are about the only similarities to the actual book. . Death of a Charming Man Hamish Mac Beth is such a wonderful leading character in this series set in far northern Scotland. And now to spend time with lovely Priscilla. Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can’t imagine a more perfect life. Death of a Greedy Woman: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery There's not a cloud in Constable Hamish Macbeth's sky, just plenty of warm sunshine and not quite enough of beautiful Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. Yet the affairs of his heart will have to wait.Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered - shot while on a grouse hunt. Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth is more dour than ever after losing both his promotion and his girl, the loyal Priscilla Halbourton-Smythe. There’s not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothing much at all to do but fish, drink coffee, and slouch around. DEATH OF A NAG: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery. "I know crime's thin on the ground here at the best of times," she said briskly, "but it's two in the afternoon and you've obviously just got out of bed." People who have not read the books first may enjoy this series but I don't know why they needed to redo everything just for TV.