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In Death of a Gossip, gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters is strangled, and Constable Hamish Macbeth faces no shortage of suspects.

The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans--which is then shipped off to Britain's best restaurants.

Paragon of housewifery Trixie Thomas moves to Lochdubh, Scotland, and quickly convinces the local ladies to embrace a healthier, more refined lifestyle.

Wealthy Maggie Baird was not a popular woman. So when she dies in a strange car fire, there are five likely suspects right on the premises of her luxurious cottage.

Gorgeous Jane Wetherby has asked Hamish Macbeth to spend Christmas with her and her group of friends. On arrival, though, he's met with hostile locals and uncivil guests.

Rich, old practical joker Andrew Trent summons his kin to his remote home to torment them with a new bag of unfunny jokes.

Maria Worth's gluttonous friend, Peta Gore, is always spoiling her carefully planned singles' gatherings.

Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He has unwillingly been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean has been found dead in his camper.

All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiancée.

Glamorous reporter Crystal French blows into Lochdubh and is promptly given a speeding ticket by Constable Hamish Macbeth. She then rakes up old local scandals, outraging the entire village.

Constable Hamish Macbeth's affairs of the heart will have to wait when vile, boorish Captain Bartlett is found murdered--shot while on a grouse hunt.

Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth is taking a trip to a charming seaside inn with his dog to raise his sagging spirits.

When a troupe of filmmakers clambers into the Scottish town of Drim, bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery--and culminates in the appearance of one very real corpse.

PI Agatha Raisin learns that her one-time lover is to be married. But the morning after the wedding, the bride is murdered.