Another fun book in the Hamish Macbeth series

Death of a Ghost (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery)

By: M. C. Beaton

Rating: 4 of 5

I’ve read a number of the Hamish Macbeth books over the years and always enjoy dropping in to see how Hamish is faring. He is still the least ambitious policeman, wanting no more than to stay in his wee apartment at the police station. He is still looking for his soul mate (though he finds an interesting host of reasons why each woman he finds is just not right for him in the end.)

In this story, Hamish is called to the scene of a castle to ferret out the ghostly noises that are scaring the villagers. Of course, he stumbles across a murder scene and the story is off and running.

I found that the story contained a few interesting twists, including some pretty dark doings on the behalf of two more ambitious policeman. The end was a bit of a surprise to me but made sense in the context of the story. I enjoyed reading the book and will continue to drop by to see how Hamish is doing in the future.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.