Death of a Groom

<p><b>THE BRAND NEW MYSTERY IN THE BESTSELLING HAMISH MACBETH SERIES!</b><br><br><b>Love is in the air in Lochdubh! Love, and murder...</b><br><br>It is February and the Scottish Highlands village of Lochdubh is dealing with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. <br><br>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!<br><br>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, on the night of the wedding, Darius is found dead in the dining room - the cake-cutting sword plunged into his chest.<br><br>Hamish suddenly has a murder investigation on his hands, and one with a very long list of suspects. <br><br><b>With Lochdubh's rumour mill in overdrive, and with emotions and accusations running high, can Hamish keep a cool enough head to catch the killer?</b><br><br><u>Praise for the Hamish Macbeth series . . .</u><br><br><b>'It's always a treat to return to Lochdubh' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>'Unmissable!'</b> <i>Peterborough Telegraph</i><br><br><b>'First rate ... deft social comedy and wonderfully realized atmosphere' </b><i>Booklist</i><br><b><br>'Beaton catches the beauty of the area's natural geography and succinctly describes its distinct flavour' </b><i>Library Journal</i><br><br><b>'Befuddled, earnest and utterly endearing, Hamish makes his triumphs sweetly satisfying' </b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></p>