Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth Mystery) by M. C. Beaton Paperback Book

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Rent Death of a Poison Pen (Hamish Macbeth Mystery)

Author: M. C. Beaton

Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Warner Books Inc

Published: Jan 2005

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British

Retail Price: $9.99

Pages: 248

Synopsis

As a series of poison pen letters sweeps through the town of Lochdubh, Hamish Macbeth begins to suspect a sinister motive, a suspicion that is justified when the local postmistress is found hanged, a supposed suicide, but Hamish's investigation is complicated by the arrival of the distracting Jenny Ogilvie. Reprint.

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