These highly readable whodunits, featuring the no nonsense PC Hamish Macbeth, are full of finely drawn characters, black comedy and a sprinkling of romance that have turned them into a bit of a cult. In Death of a Kingfisher arguments over a local tourist site turn lethal and Hamish thinks he has found love. If you enjoy this there are now nearly 30 in the series!
The quiet village of Braikie doesn't have much to offer apart from a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which the tourist board has rechristened 'The Fairy Glen'. It isn't long before coach tours begin to arrive but then a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch with a noose around its neck.
