by Graeme Malcolm, M.C. Beaton
Fun as usual.
2.5 StarsI read this mainly because I'd read the first 27 books, and I felt like I owe it to myself to see if any character development was actually going to happen. It never does, but I am an eternal optimist.
I'm working my way through this series and the murders are becoming more gruesome as more and more bodies pile up as the story goes on. I wouldn't classify this as a cozy mystery like I would for the earlier books in the series. Overall I liked the story. It seems like, finally, the focus is shifted...
You can find the plot summary elsewhere. I've now read, or listened to, about 10 of the Hamish Macbeth series and enjoyed all of them. Hamish is still trying to avoid the credit for solving crimes so he won't get promoted from the village he knows and loves. In this one he's sergeant and has lazy D...