Death of a Scriptwriter
Author(s): M. C. Beaton
HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish -- and more -- when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery ...and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse. The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque face-lift in their TV reincarnation. Yet, going behind the scenes, Hamish soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling show business types, all harboring their own secrets, lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Hamish must quickly find the right killer -- or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry.
General Information
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- : Little, Brown & Company
- : Little, Brown and Company
- : 0.113
- : 17 October 2003
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : M. C. Beaton
- : Paperback
- : 198
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"SUPERB ENTERTAINMENT, AS RICH AND WARMING AS FINE MALT WHISKEY, AND EVERY BIT AS ADDICTIVE".-- Houston Chronicle
M. C. Beaton lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. In addition to the Hamish Macbeth series, she writes the Agatha Raisin mystery series.