Death of a Traitor
- Published
- 1 January 2023
- Pages
- 201
- ISBN-13
- 9781538746745
- Type
- novel
About this book
Death of a Traitor (2023), the thirty-fifth book, sits between Death of a Green-Eyed Monster and Death of a Spy, R. W. Green sustaining the Highland comic-mystery formula Beaton established nearly forty years earlier.
Key facts about Death of a Traitor
Death of a Traitor is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 2023. It runs to 201 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Death of a Traitor. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781538746745 to find the main one.
Death of a Traitor is book 35 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 Traitor is book 35 in the Hamish Macbeth series. It follows Death of a Green-Eyed Monster. It is followed by Death of a Spy. 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 9781538746745
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781538746769
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781472128928