This is the first mystery in the Hamish MacBeth series. I loved the TV show when it was on BBC America and was delighted to find that there were books. This first one was ok. It focused a lot on fly flishing, which I find to be incredibly boring, and it seemed very, very slow to start. Hamish himself is delightful, although I did have some problems with the way he (and the female author) talk about women. Still, it was a decent, if not spectacular, cozy, and I will probably read the rest of the series at some point to see if they get better.