Death of a Perfect Wife
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN-13
- 9780446614733
- Type
- novel
About this book
M. C. Beaton's fourth Hamish Macbeth novel, Death of a Perfect Wife (1989), runs 192 pages and sits between Death of an Outsider and Death of a Hussy, continuing the village constable's habit of outdoing Strathbane despite himself.
Key facts about Death of a Perfect Wife
Death of a Perfect Wife is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 1989. It runs to 192 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Death of a Perfect Wife. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780446614733 to find the main one.
Death of a Perfect Wife is book 4 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 Perfect Wife is book 4 in the Hamish Macbeth series. It follows Death of an Outsider. It is followed by Death of a Hussy. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312033224
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780783882130
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780754030232