Constable Hamish MacBeth is in good form, as usual. He is now sharing his little police station with Dick, an older and very lazy constable with an incredible talent for game show trivia. Hamish still lives in fear of his station being closed down and being forced to leave Lochdubh and move to Strathbane or another larger village. He is still battling the incompetent and small-minded inspector Blair (and still getting the better of him!) and still falling in love with the wrong women at every turn.
When a local glen is turned into a tourist attraction, complete with tour buses and fairies, can murder and mayhem be far behind? Besides Mary, the beautiful (and married) manager of the glen, Hamish has to contend with an amorous female cop, a sour old woman, her creepy grandchildren, and Dick's obsession with game shows. When a kingfisher is strung up at the glen Hamish is ridiculed for reporting it as a "murder," until it leads to a tangled maze of money, murder, and family greed that only the clear-thinking Hamish can navigate.
M.C. Beaton never disappoints when it comes to Hamish, a tall, red-headed, exceedingly handsome constable. While this was not Hamish's finest adventure (I like to see the locals more closely involved in the the story), it was certainly well worth reading, especially if you are a long-time Hamish MacBeth fan. Now if Hamish and Elspeth would just get together!
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