[Read by Shaun Grindell] Hamish Macbeth, the laid-back constable of Lochdubh, Scotland, has a new Land Rover to drive and a Highland summer to savor, but as fast as rain rolls in from the loch, his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket. The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns from Londonwith a fiancé on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges, the diabolical Scottish mosquito, descend on the town. Then a paragon of housewifery named Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her lapdog husband in tow. The newcomer quickly convinces the local ladies to embrace low-cholesterol meals, ban tobacco, and begin bird-watching. Soon the towns fish-and-chips-loving men are up in arms. Now faced with the trials of his own soul, Macbeth must solve Lochdubhs newest crime: the mysterious poisoning of the perfect wife. ''Beaton, a Scot herself, excels at giving readers a taste of Highland life and creating a believable character in the lonely, brilliant, continually frustrated-in-love Macbeth.'' -- Booklist ''Superb entertainment, as rich and warming as a fine malt whisky, and every bit as addictive.'' -- Houston Chronicle ''It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh.'' -- New York Times ''As usual, Beaton delivers a delightfully old-fashioned, absorbing village mystery'' -- Booklist ''This fictional world - part cozy, part unsparing - can be highly addictive.'' -- School Library Journal M. C. Beaton worked as a Fleet Street journalist. She is the author of the 'Agatha Raisin' novels, the 'Hamish Macbeth' series and an 'Edwardian' murder-mystery series. She divides her time between Paris and the Cotswolds, where she lives in a village very much like Agatha's beloved Carsely.