Henry Carter Hull

Police sergeant Hamish Macbeth investigates the death of a young woman who had many secrets, while trying to avoid marrying his constable, the pretty Josie McSween, who has trapped him into an engagement.

Police Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates when a villager who uses the services of itinerant chimney sweep Pete Ray finds a dead body stuffed up the chimney of his home, and Macbeth's feeling that Ray is not the killer is confirmed when the sweep is found dead on the Scottish moors.

A Scottish dustman, or garbageman, who beats his wife and children, takes corrupt payments, and blackmails members of his town, is found murdered.

When a British TV company offers to make a movie out of a novel written by one of Hamish Macbeth's friends, Hamish knows that the flashy actors and writers will clash with the old-fashioned townsmen, and when they do, Hamish finds himself trying to find a murderer before anyone else gets killed.

When the townspeople of Lochdubh begin receiving poison-pen letters, no one takes them very seriously, even if they are full of wild accusations. But Hamish fears that they might lead to something deadly. His instincts prove correct when the town's postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a poison-pen letter at her feet. Though it appears to be a suicide, Hamish suspects something more sinister. Attempting to trace the letters, the last thing...

"Scottish policeman Hamish Macbeth is charged with investigating the death of a maid struck down by a bucket of water"--Provided by the publisher.

Police Constable Hamish Macbeth attempts to solve the death of Morag Todd while visiting a health farm.