Death of an Outsider

1988 novel by Marion Chesney

0-312-02188-7 (first edition)OCLC17918653
Dewey Decimal
823/.914 19LC ClassPR6052.E196 D44 1988Preceded byDeath of a Cad Followed byDeath of a Perfect Wife 

Death of an Outsider is the third mystery novel in the Hamish Macbeth series by Marion Chesney under her pseudonym M. C. Beaton. It was first published in 1988.

Plot introduction

While Hamish Macbeth is on duty temporarily in Cnothan, William Mainwaring, the most disliked man in town is murdered. No one wants to solve the crime, including Macbeth's superiors who want to keep the strange manner of Mainwaring's death hushed up.[1]

  • UK publisher Constable & Robinson

Footnotes

  1. ^ "LBBG Imprint – Constable". 13 March 2019.
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Works by Marion Chesney aka M. C. Beaton
Hamish Macbeth series
Agatha Raisin seriesAdaptations
  • Hamish Macbeth
  • Agatha Raisin
    • Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death


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