Death of a Scriptwriter

Death of a ScriptwriterFrom the author of the Agatha Raisin television series DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS With the lovely Priscilla Halburton Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish and more when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make believe mystery and

From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A SCRIPTWRITER: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS
With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish -- and more -- when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery ...and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse.
The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque face-lift in their TV reincarnation. Yet, going behind the scenes, Hamish soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling show business types, all harboring their own secrets, lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Hamish must quickly find the right killer -- or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 06/01/1998
ISBN: 9780892966448
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.65w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/1998 pg. 129
Publishers Weekly 04/13/1998 pg. 55
Booklist 04/15/1998 pg. 1374
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/1998 pg. 696
New York Times 07/19/1998 pg. 20