DEATH OF A LIAR ( M.C. Beaton)

Hamish MacBeth is getting to feel like an old friend, a frustrated, love-lorn friend who can never achieve true happiness.  This time around Hamish investigates several murders while his cohort, Dick, finds happiness in a new relationship and new career.  This time it looks like an international drug ring might be operating in Scotland and Hamish is anxious to find a connection between this and the seemingly unrelated local murders.  Of course, Inspector Blair continues in his relentless quest to get rid of Hamish by shutting him out of the investigation and attempting to discredit him at every turn.  Needless to say, if you love Hamish you will love Death of a Lair.