Reviews for Death of a Maid (Hamish Macbeth Series #23)

The average rating for Death of a Maid (Hamish Macbeth Series #23) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Lauren J Felsberg An almost 5 stars for this book-I believe it has been my favorite so far! I "chust" love Hamish! The ferreting out of the reason behind the maid's murder was just what Hamish does best. The regular cast of characters, (including his nemesis Blair), and his beastie pets make for a wonderful series set in Scotland

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-27 00:00:00 Jerry McClellan I would like to have read these books in order, but I'm not buying them, since my library has them all. The catch is I have to wait until they are available and apparently Hamish Macbeth is very popular here in East Texas. I have heard the first couple of Hamish Macbeth that I suppose were written in the nineties and have jumped to one of the last MacBeth's. Some of the internal dramas are spoiled this way, but the mystery is still good. In fact, I would say that actual story line is more developed, more complex, and involving a few more twists and turns than the earlier ones I've read. MacBeth may be a little older and more cynical as well, but nothing to detract from a good mystery. If you want to know what Death of a Maid is about you can read the blurb, but I will simply say that a nasty old char woman has found a way to intimidate and bully her clients. Why? To get rich? Maybe another reason. She finally threatens the wrong person and ends up with her head bashed in. The rest of the story is Hamish hunting and gathering clues. It's interesting to me how many of these mysteries, not just M.C. Beaton's but many mystery writers make the murder victim out to be someone that everyone wants murdered. In real life, of course, perfectly innocent people get murdered as well, but I think for a cozy mystery, it's much more comfortable if the victim was someone everyone, including the reader, is glad to have dead.