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Hamish Macbeth · Book 16

Death of a Dustman

by M. C. Beaton
Published
1 January 2001
Pages
254
ISBN-13
9781405631211
Type
novel
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About this book

Death of a Dustman, the sixteenth entry, appeared in 2001 following Death of an Addict and preceding Death of a Celebrity, M. C. Beaton once again mining Highland village life for both comedy and murder.

Key facts about Death of a Dustman

Death of a Dustman is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 254 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Death of a Dustman. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405631211 to find the main one.

Death of a Dustman is book 16 of 38 in the Hamish Macbeth series. The series has 38 published books. However, the series starts with Death of a Gossip (1985). Death of a Groom is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 February 2026.

Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, A House for the Season and School for Manners, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.

About M. C. Beaton

M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.

Its place in Hamish Macbeth

Death of a Dustman is book 16 in the Hamish Macbeth series. It follows Death of an Addict. It is followed by Death of a Celebrity. See the full Hamish Macbeth reading order.

Constable Hamish Macbeth is the laziest ambitious man in the Scottish Highlands: a lanky, red-headed village policeman in the fictional coastal town of Lochdubh who works hard at exactly one thing, staying a lowly constable, because promotion would mean a desk in Strathbane and losing the poaching, fishing and gossiping that make his unhurried life worth living. M. C. Beaton (the pen name of Marion Chesney) built the series as the gentler, more whimsical sibling to her later Agatha Raisin books: the crimes are…

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