# Death of a Kingfisher

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- Book: [Death of a Kingfisher](https://www.bookquiver.com/mc-beaton/death-of-a-kingfisher) ([Death of a Kingfisher.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mc-beaton/death-of-a-kingfisher.md))
- Authors: [MC Beaton](https://www.bookquiver.com/mc-beaton)
- Publisher: constable
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8033-079-2
- Published: 2012-03-15
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'Explosive and engaging' - Booklist A featherbrained scheme to make cold, hard cash . . . PC Hamish Macbeth can't help but admire the resourcefulness of the Highlanders during the Recession - in tough times they have to lure tourists to their sleepy towns and the quaint village of Braikie has come up with a novel solution. It really doesn't have that much to offer apart from a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which the clued-up local tourist board director has rechristened 'The Fairy Glen' and has had brochures printed with a beautiful kingfisher rising from a lake on the cover. It isn't long before coach tours begin to arrive but just as the town's luck starts to turn, a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch in the woods with a noose around its neck. As a wave of vandalism threatens to ruin Braikie forever it is up to Hamish to get involved... and his investigation quickly turns from mistreatment of birds to murder... Praise for M C Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series: 'Once again M C Beaton has concocted an amusing brew of mystery and romance that will keep her fans turning the pages' Publishers Weekly 'It's always a pleasure to return to Loch Dubh' - New York Times Book Review