At first when I read the back of this book and realized that Hamish was going to be in a new town I was wary to start reading, but this book was a great read that was almost better than the last two books.

I think Hamish showed some development in this book. He wasn't just thinking about Priscilla as much as he thought about her in the previous books,a nd it was a nice change.

The beginning was a bit hard to get into but by the end this book was quick-paced and fun to read. I'd easily recommend it to anyone!

Another solid murder mystery set in the Scottish Highlands and a perfect length for a quick listen while driving to work.

A fast and easy read - this wee tome won't take long and will leave you satisfied.

It's light (and at some times down right silly) but our hero is a likeable fellow with a keen eye for detail that just so happens to (along with his quick wit and a debonair flare) keep him out of trouble and in the ladies favours, all while solving some murders in his temporary fill-in job. Hamish Macbeth makes it all seem easy!

Death of an Outsider is my second foray into M.C. Beaton's series about Scottish policeman Hamish Macbeth. I had only a small curiosity to begin with but then enjoyed my first read so much I quickly moved to a second.

This is a series which, for me, proves what pleasure a series can give when it works. Individually the books are enjoyable, but the pleasure of the second was far greater because I had read another. Hamish Macbeth is not an overwhelmingly charming or intelligent or clever detective or person. He's...well, pleasant. Sort of. And the town is also, well, pleasant. And, again, sort of. The plot was good but it was the characters I wanted to be with although I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps because they were not demanding. Because they were, in fact, pleasant. Sort of.

I am rapidly becoming to this series-I have bought 3 more already & look forward to settling in with these really only sort of pleasant folk in their pretty, undemanding (although rather surprisingly violent) town of Lochdoubh. It's a rather subtle attraction to be sure but powerful nevertheless.

Recommended: to fans of the cozy mystery, mysteries of the Agatha Christie-variety.