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AUTHOR: Beaton, M.C.
TITLE: Death of a Kingfisher
DATE READ: 01/16/16
RATING: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Mystery/ 2012 / Grand Central Publishing / 245 pgs
SERIES/STAND-AL ONE: #28 Hamish Macbeth
CHARACTERS Hamish Macbeth / Police Constable
TIME/PLACE: Present/ Locdubh, Scottish Highlands
FIRST LINES It is a well-known fact that just when a man reaches his early thirties and thinks he is past love, that is when love turns the corner & knocks the feet from under him.
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TITLE: Death of a Kingfisher
DATE READ: 01/16/16
RATING: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Mystery/ 2012 / Grand Central Publishing / 245 pgs
SERIES/STAND-AL ONE: #28 Hamish Macbeth
CHARACTERS Hamish Macbeth / Police Constable
TIME/PLACE: Present/ Locdubh, Scottish Highlands
FIRST LINES It is a well-known fact that just when a man reaches his early thirties and thinks he is past love, that is when love turns the corner & knocks the feet from under him.
COMMENTS: Hamish Macbet ...more

I tried listening to this at work and got most (like 95%) of the story but I'm just not an audiobook person. The narration was good, the story was okay but the characters felt a bit contrived. And how many deaths can one little area have?! (Nearly on par with Midsomer Murders.)
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Jul 05, 2022
Megan
marked it as to-read