Hamish Macbeth · Book 12

Death of a Macho Man

Published
1 January 1996
Pages
267
ISBN-13
9780786294350
Type
novel
Cover of Death of a Macho Man

About this book

Death of a Macho Man (1996) is the twelfth entry at 267 pages, M. C. Beaton continuing the wry comic register that made Hamish Macbeth the gentler sibling to her later Agatha Raisin series.

Key facts about Death of a Macho Man

Death of a Macho Man is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 1996. It runs to 267 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Death of a Macho Man. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780786294350 to find the main one.

Death of a Macho Man is book 12 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 Macho Man is book 12 in the Hamish Macbeth series. It follows Death of a Nag. It is followed by Death of a Dentist. 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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