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Country United Kingdom Series Hamish Macbeth Media type Print (Hardcover) Followed by Death of a Witch | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date February 11, 2008 Originally published 11 February 2008 Preceded by Death of a Maid Publisher Grand Central Publishing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 256 pp (Hardcover edition) Genres Detective fiction, Mystery Similar Works by Ann Fairfax, Hamish Macbeth mystery books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death of a Gentle Lady is the twenty-fourth mystery novel in the Hamish Macbeth series by M. C. Beaton. It was first published in 2008.
Plot introduction
While the rest of the town is smitten by Mrs. Gentle, Hamish Macbeth distrusts and dislikes her. When she tries to close down his beloved station, he exacts his revenge and saves a beautiful woman from deportation at the same time by proposing to Gentle's maid Ayesha. By the time the wedding day arrives, Hamish is desperate to escape marriage; when Ayesha doesn't appear and Mrs. Gentle is found dead, he escapes one disaster only to be swept into another.
References
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