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Rent Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries)
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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback
Publisher: Warner Books Inc
Published: Feb 1999
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $6.99
Synopsis
When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joins the fishing class, she wastes no time in ruffling the feathers--or was it fins?--of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue and unladylike manner is Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet not even Hamish thinks someone will permanently silence Lady Jane's shrills--until her strangled body is fished out of the river. Now, with the help of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish must angle through the choppy waters of the tattler's life to find the murderer and stun all with his discovery of secrets left hidden too long.
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