Hamish Macbeth · Book 30

Death of a Policeman

Published
1 January 2014
Pages
264
ISBN-13
9781780331065
Type
novel
Cover of Death of a Policeman

About this book

The thirtieth entry, Death of a Policeman (2014), runs 264 pages, M. C. Beaton continuing to mine the friction between Hamish's ambitionless contentment and Strathbane's demands on him.

Key facts about Death of a Policeman

Death of a Policeman is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 2014. It runs to 264 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Death of a Policeman. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781780331065 to find the main one.

Death of a Policeman is book 30 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 Policeman is book 30 in the Hamish Macbeth series. It follows Death of a Liar. It is followed by Death of a Nurse. 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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