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 	Title:                  Death Of An Addict (HM15)
 	Author:                 M. C. Beaton
 	Read By:                Davina Porter
 
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Amazon.com
M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth doesn't fit everyone's idea of a cozy mystery 
hero. The police constable prefers his flock of Highland sheep and fine 
single-malt Scotch to cats and cups of tea, and the details of his success 
with women would bring a maidenly blush to Miss Marple's cheek. Yet 
his charm is definitely of the soft-boiled variety. Death of an Addict, 
Beaton's 15th book in this series, begins with the apparent overdose 
death of Tommy Jarret, a recovering heroin addict who was writing an 
autobiography. Hamish, who oversees law and order in the village of 
Lochdubh, is instantly suspicious of the circumstances. Told to back 
off the case, he picks it up again on the sly when the dead man's parents 
ask him to find out what happened. Hamish's apparent lack of ambition 
masks a keen nose for illegal activity; even the dead ends of his investigation 
reveal a loan-sharking operation and a cache of hallucinogenic mushrooms.-

Hamish's biggest fish is drug baron Jimmy White. To reel White in, Hamish 
poses as a drug supplier, with a beautiful, standoffish detective inspector 
from Glasgow playing the part of his wife. The pair go off on a whirlwind 
trip to Amsterdam to maintain their front, leading to a comic mishap 
and the beginnings of a romance--one that nearly comes to a very bad 
end when White is tipped off by Hamish's enemy, Detective Inspector 
Blair. 

Mystery buffs new to the series will find this Highland fling easy to 
follow, and those who are already fans will delight in the hint of a 
new long-term relationship for their laconic hero. Barrie Trinkle

From Publishers Weekly
Some things never change: the idyllic Scottish village of Lochdubh remains 
a serene haven around which all manner of rural skullduggery continues 
to threaten the laconic existence of the local copper, the tall, tousle-haired, 
chronically unambitious and hopelessly love-crossed Hamish Macbeth (Death 
of a Scriptwriter, etc.). Recovering drug addict Tommy Jarret rents 
a place near Lochdubh to write his autobiography. He seems to be on 
the mend, but then he dies of an overdose. Hamish suspects foul play. 
The bane of his life, his superiors in the big city, declare the case 
closed, however, so he must move on to other matters, such as the sighting 
of a monster in a local loch. But when Jarret's pals provide the police 
with a link to big-time drug dealers, Hamish finds himself in Amsterdam, 
wearing sharp suits, talking like a hoodlum and posing as a player, 
all in the company of a very pretty superior officer who just might 
change his mind about superior officers. Unfortunately, Hamish all but 
blows his chances with her by sleeping with a hooker. While the Macbeth 
tales are always a droll treat, this 15th in the series is less tightly 
plotted than most, with the mystery surrounding the addict's death sidetracked 
for a long spell as the Amsterdam adventure gives fans an agreeably 
tougher side of P.C. Macbeth to contemplate. Mystery Guild featured 
alternate. (May) FYI: In addition to the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin 
(see below) series, the pseudonymous Beaton writes Regency romances 
under her real name of Marion Chesney.

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