Death of a Liar

Marc Notes: Title from web page.; Compact discs.; Read by Graeme Malcolm.; Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same woman calls him back about an intruder, he simply marvels at her compulsion to lie. This time, though, she is telling the truth. Her body is found in her home and Hamish must sort through all of her lies to solve the crime. Publisher Marketing:"New York Times" bestselling author M. C. Beaton is back with a new mystery featuring Scotland s most laconic and low-tech policeman. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But upon further investigation, Hamish discovers that she was lying about the crime. So when the same woman calls him back about an intruder, he simply marvels at her compulsion to lie. This time, though, she is telling the truth. Her body is found in her home and Hamish must sort through all of her lies to solve the crime." Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 36 (EAN 9781455532674, Open Ebook) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 12/15/2014 (EAN 9781455504787, Hardcover) Romantic Times 02/01/2015 pg. 54 (EAN 9781455504787, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 64 (EAN 9781455504787, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 36 (EAN 9781455504787, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Beaton, M C M. C. Beaton has won international acclaim for her bestselling Hamish Macbeth mysteries and the Agatha Raisin mystery series. She is also the author of more than one hundred romance titles and a series of romantic suspense novels, the Edwardian Mystery series. Born in Scotland, she now divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.