A promotion brings new troubles for Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth as a traveler and his girlfriend arrive, causing chaos in the village. When the traveler is found murdered, suspicion falls on his girlfriend, but with no one willing to speak, Hamish must uncover the truth before the killer escapes. The Death of a Travelling Man presents a unique mystery and a cast of quirky characters in a small Scottish village.

Death of a Travelling Man

In the Scottish Highlands remote village of Lochdubh, in the real county of Sutherland, tall thin red-haired hazel-eyed quietly clever police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth solves murders. Although Lochdubh and neighbouring Strathbane are fictional, other places are real.

Death of a Travelling Man

M. C. Beaton