A wealthy woman with a promiscuous past meets an untimely end when her car catches fire. With five suspects at her luxurious Highland cottage, police constable Hamish Macbeth must use his keen insight into human nature to find the true killer. But when evidence points to the wrong person, Hamish must dig deeper to prevent the real murderer from getting away.

Death of a Hussy

In the Scottish Highlands remote village of Lochdubh, in the real county of Sutherland, tall thin red-haired hazel-eyed quietly clever police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth solves murders. Although Lochdubh and neighbouring Strathbane are fictional, other places are real.

Death of a Hussy

M. C. Beaton