Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, 27: Death of a Kingfisher (Audiobook)

from Romonko

I usually love Hamish Macbeth, but in this book, he just doesn't seem to have his most loveable characteristics such as his usual sudden flashes of enlightment and his doggedness once he's getting close to figuring out the mystery, or his wonderful quick wit which I didn't see much in this book. ...

from AlmaB

I'm a huge fan of the Hamish series. As a whole I would give it a 4 star rating just for pure entertainment value. However, this most recent entry was a bit of a disappointment. The core characters were missing their usual joie de vivre and the whole story was permeated by a melancholy and jaded ...

from quiBee

Typical Hamish Macbeth novel.A bird is killed in an area that is being cultivated as a tourist attraction. This, as usual, escalates to murder--and some particularly nasty ones at that.The usual format is followed--Hamish is side-lined but does most of the detective work.Nicely narrated as usual ...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

I would have given this 4 stars but.... it left me with a disquieting uneasiness and definite distaste at the end (which I am not going to tell you about).The local hunting box & faerie glen has under gone a change of ownership.... The faerie glen has now become a tourist stop and the scene of se...

from druidgirl

This was my first Hamish Macbeth book and it was the perfect example of a cozy mystery set in Scotland. I definitely want to read more. When the death of the Kingfisher sets into motion a sting of murders, Hamish conducts the investigation like a true police detective. The characters are extremel...