Death of a Maid

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Mrs. Gillespie is famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland. But to Hamish Macbeth, she is a malicious gossip who bangs around the furniture and clanks pots. When Hamish wins Mrs. Gillespie's services in a church raffle, he spends most of the day trying to avoid her. He doesn't understand how she managed to gain such a fine reputation. Then she is found dead, struck down violently by a metal bucket of water. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets - which means that everyone whose home she cleaned is a suspect.Great Scot! Don't miss more of Hamish Macbeth's cases.©2007 Marion Chesney (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks America

Critic reviews

"Macbeth...remains as charming a hero as ever in this funny, unpredictable read." ( Publishers Weekly)

another fun Hamish Macbeth novel

excellent character development. fun and engaging story. another great addition to the hamish Macbeth series.

So many endings

If you are a Hamish MacBeth fan, you already know that the author hates to say goodbye. Frequently, these books have a good 30 minutes or more after the murder is solved, and I often find the complete endings charming and satisfying. In Death of a Maid, however, there are just too many endings. This book is a fun read with an interesting plot, but the last hour has a "horror movie" quality in that the main story can't seem to die out so we can get the pleasing wrap up that we usually get. If you are listening to this whole series, you will be happy with this installment. If you are looking at this series for the first time, I'd suggest you not start here (Wikipedia has a good list of the Hamish MacBeth stories under the article on M.C. Beaton; take them in order). Either way, prepare yourself to have to say goodbye to this story at least three separate times!

Love the series

Love almost everything from MC Beaton and this is included! Love it! Very fun and entertaining read with comedy, mystery, and endless shenanigans.

Extremely entertaining

My 2nd one. Very quick moving. While murders happen they are no gory. Keeps you guessing what will happen even when you think you know what is going on.

Always a great read

Hamish Macbeth is up to his ingenious methods of detecting crime again and giving the credit to others. He is much at ease in his much beloved Highlands and doesn't want to leave and we are grateful for that. All the more we get to hear of his antics. it would be a relief though if he would just finally break down and give Elsbeth that ring he has locked up in his safe. These stories are always fun to listen to and make you want to hear many more. this one is no exception. I loved it!!