M. C. Beaton Death of a Scriptwriter

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Hollywood in the HighlandsWith the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London,Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottishwinter. He gets his wish-and more-when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakersclambers into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around theirmake-believe mystery ... and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very realcorpse.The initial suspect in the killing is one PatriciaMartyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer furious that her musty old cozies aregetting a risque face-lift for their television reincarnation. Yet, going behindthe scenes, Hamish soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug anda cast of quarreling show-business types, all harboring their own secrets,lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Hamish must quicklyfind the right killer-or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderouslyawry.