Death of a Groom Coming Soon

Next month marks the publication of the the 38th Hamish Macbeth novel Death of a Groom, written by M.C. Beaton and R.W. Green, which is currently available to preorder.

It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can handle the weather, but with a surprise influx of high-society visitors for a Valentine’s Day wedding at Tommel Castle Hotel, he has bigger problems.

The guest list includes not one, but two women from his own romantic past! And Hamish isn’t the only one disrupted by the arrival of the wedding party. The groom—the supposedly suave and sophisticated Darius Palmerston—is involved in a series of incidents in the local pub. Tensions between guests and villagers escalate until, shortly after the lavish wedding ceremony, a body is found in the hotel dining room.

The gruesome killing means Hamish suddenly has a murder investigation on his hands, one with a very long list of suspects.

Death of a Groom will be released in hardback, ebook and audio book formats this February 10th in the US, with a mass-market paperback edition to follow.

Praise for the Hamish Macbeth series

"The Hamish MacBeth mysteries are like peanuts. When you read one, you cannot stop. After finishing Death of a Spy, readers will itch for the next Hamish MacBeth installment." New York Journal of Books on Death of a Spy

"Another pitch-perfect entry in the long-running Hamish Macbeth series...Raise a glass of Hamish’s favored Famous Grouse to this new addition in a worthy series." Booklist on Death of a Traitor

"With residents and a constable so authentic, it won't be long before tourists will be seeking Lochdubh and believing in the reality of Hamish Macbeth as surely as they believed in Sherlock Holmes." Denver Rocky Mountain News

"Longing for escape? Tired of waiting for Brigadoon to materialize? Time for a trip to Lochdubh, the scenic, if somnolent, village in the Scottish Highlands where M. C. Beaton sets her beguiling whodunits featuring Constable Hamish Macbeth." New York Times Book Review

"Beaton catches the beauty of the area's natural geography and succinctly describes its distinct flavour" Library Journal

"Befuddled, earnest and utterly endearing, Hamish makes his triumphs sweetly satisfying" Publishers Weekly