false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765906m/8861.jpg 8861 5 M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth doesn't fit everyone's idea of a cozy mystery hero. The police constable prefers his flock of Highland sheep and fine single-malt Scotch to cats and cups of tea, and the details of his success with women would bring a maidenly blush to Miss Marple's cheek. Yet his charm is definitely of the soft-boiled variety. <I>Death of an Addict</I>, Beaton's 15th book in this series, begins with the apparent overdose death of Tommy Jarret, a recovering heroin addict who was writing an autobiography. Hamish, who oversees law and order in the village of Lochdubh, is instantly suspicious of the circumstances. Told to back off the case, he picks it up again on the sly when the dead man's parents ask him to find out what happened. Hamish's apparent lack of ambition masks a keen nose for illegal activity; even the dead ends of his investigation reveal a loan-sharking operation and a cache of hallucinogenic mushrooms.<p> Hamish's biggest fish is drug baron Jimmy White. To reel White in, Hamish poses as a drug supplier, with a beautiful, standoffish detective inspector from Glasgow playing the part of his wife. The pair go off on a whirlwind trip to Amsterdam to maintain their front, leading to a comic mishap and the beginnings of a romance--one that nearly comes to a very bad end when White is tipped off by Hamish's enemy, Detective Inspector Blair. <p> Mystery buffs new to the series will find this Highland fling easy to follow, and those who are already fans will delight in the hint of a new long-term relationship for their laconic hero. <I>--Barrie Trinkle</I> 3110240 1 3 1999 Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth Mystery, Book 15) total:234|5:49|4:89|3:84|2:12|1:0| 234 877 300 12 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:47:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:54:22 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 15 19:20:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 14:26:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 10:20:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 21:15:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 14:37:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 14:46:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 08:22:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 08:02:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Sep 04 17:16:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 17:17:39 -0700 2007 M.C. Beaton – 15th in series
Drugs come to the Scottish Highlands when a young man is found dead from an apparent overdose. But his parents believe it as murder and ask Constable Hamish Macbeth to investigate.
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