Nothing is more blissful than the latest Hamish McBeth mystery and a cup of tea!
Hamish is a truly happy man who lives in a small village called Lochduh - in the Highlands of Scotland
He is the man without any ambition.
He loves to solve mysteries and is a remarkably shrewd and relies a lot on his intuition
(The intuition is a lot like the other series by this author - The Agatha Raisin Series - which I also love )
I have read every book by MC Beaton ( and in fact re-read several of hers )
The story is about a bossy and controlling Captain Davenport - who moves to the village of Drim with his wimpy wife - Milly
Captain Davenport is a spiteful man who is clearly scared of something
One day he he gets a phonecall
He tells his wife that he will be out for the day and that a visitor may come. Its imperative that she tell the visitor that the Captain is abroad
His wife- free of her bullying husband - goes down to the village- after letting the chimney sweep in
However when she returns - she notices that blood is dripping from the chimney !
The Captain has been murdered and stuffed up the chimney in his fireplace
The chimney sweep is suspected but he is dead too
As always, Hamish comes to rescue and a few more dead bodies - and a lot of charm later -the mystery is solved
