A murder mystery set in the dreary town of Cnothan where the most hated man is found dead and eaten by lobsters in Britain's best restaurants. Detective Hamish Macbeth is exiled there with his dog, but longs for his Highland village and a lazy life with his lover Priscilla. As he investigates, he faces pressure from his superiors, romantic attention from a dark-haired woman, and the threat of a killer's next strike.

Death of an Outsider

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 an Outsider

M. C. Beaton