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At 160 pages this is barely a novel, more like a novelette. In this episode Hamish manages to cadge a free trip to a "health farm" where of course there is a murder. She is a bitch so you almost don't care. The important thing is Hamish manages to lose not one but two love interests in 160 pages.

mulvama3's review against another edition

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I’m tired of waiting for this series to get somewhere. In general I like Hamish, but I dislike M.C. Beaton’s habit of undoing any progress from a previous book at the beginning of the next book. We always start back over from square one with the characters and relationships, goodbye to the growth and promise from the end of a previous book. It was like this in the series about Agatha Raisin too. I love a cozy mystery which is why I read so many, but I’m stopping now to read books with better character development and that handle female characters with more respect.

ngbarfield's review

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

a_reading_bean's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

livkatherine1607's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

3.75

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3.0

A pleasant entry in the Hamish MacBeth series. This book is set around Christmas and Hamish travels to a remote Scottish island to help the owner of a health farm who thinks someone is out to get her. The plotting and writing were fine and the narration by Shaun Grindell was well done.

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