FREE DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY PDF M C Beaton | 258 pages | 01 Jan 2009 | Time Warner Trade Publishing | 9780446615488 | English | New York, United States DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY | Kirkus Reviews Although the Highlands do not always welcome English arrivals, sweet, ladylike, wealthy Mrs. Gentle has been widely accepted. Only Hamish realizes that she is a snake in the grass working to close his station. When Mrs. Gentle discovers that the papers of her beautiful Death of a Gentle Lady employee Ayesha Tahir are not in order, she asks her to leave. In a weak moment, Hamish offers to marry Ayesha so she can stay in the U. Gentle promises a wedding and a large cash gift, Death of a Gentle Lady Ayesha blackmails her into keeping. But Hamish is left standing at the altar when both Mrs. Gentle and Ayesha disappear. Investigation reveals that Ayesha was actually a high-class Russian prostitute who stole a passport to escape her Russian Mafia protector. After both women are found dead, Mrs. Hamish must cope with an attractive Russian police inspector, both of his ex- girlfriends and the machinations of alcoholic, envious DCI Blair before he can close the case. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank inan even earlier U. Breaking and entering. How does attempted murder sound? Creepy, violent, and propulsive; a standout gothic Death of a Gentle Lady. Lady detective Bridie Devine searches for a missing child and finds much more than she bargained for. Bridie Devine is no stranger to the seedy underworld of Victorian London. An accomplished detective with medical training, she sometimes helps the police by examining bodies to determine the cause of death. But Christabel Berwick is no ordinary child. Sir Edmund has hidden Christabel away her whole life and wants Bridie to believe this is an ordinary Death of a Gentle Lady. Kidd Mr. With so much detail and so many clever, Dickensian characters, readers might petition Kidd to give Bridie her own series. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing in? Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. Hamish Macbeth must connive once more to keep his job policing his beloved village of Lochdubh. Pub Date: Feb. No Comments Yet. More by M. Page Count: Publisher: Scribner. Review Posted Online: Dec. Show all comments. More by Kathy Reichs. Page Count: Publisher: Atria. Review Posted Online: Sept. More by Jess Death of a Gentle Lady. Please sign up to continue. Almost there! Reader Writer Industry Professional. Send me weekly book recommendations and inside scoop. Keep me logged in. Sign in using your Kirkus account Sign in Keep me logged in. Need Death of a Gentle Lady Contact us: or email customercare kirkus. Please select an existing bookshelf OR Create a new bookshelf Continue. Death of a Gentle Lady - M. C. Beaton - Google книги Cross-posted from Nightjar's Jar of Books. Everybody in the small Highland town of Lochdubh thinks that Mrs. Gentle Death of a Gentle Lady wonderful, but local policeman Death of a Gentle Lady Macbeth has seen a more malicious side to her - so he's the only one unsurprised when she's murdered, and her own family are the prime suspects. I made a few mistakes in choosing this book; I've been curious about Beaton's writing for a while, but Death of a Gentle Lady was probably not a great one to start with, firstly because it's the twent. So you won't be surprised to hear that I hated it. The characters both new and recurring Death of a Gentle Lady flat, the writing plodding, the mystery contrived — all its major developments coming completely out of the blue — and the investigation dull, and despite the extremely short length of the book the edition I found was pages, of which the last 15 or so were actually a preview for the next bookI really struggled to get through it. In the book's defence, I expect that many of the recurring characters would have felt less one-dimensional if I had read at least a few of the other books in the series, but that's not an excuse that holds up for any of the other problems I had. On a more specific note, there were two small but persistent annoyances in this book: One of the new characters introduced was a Death of a Gentle Lady detective whom Beaton kept calling "Putin-like", which I thought was a lazy description at best, and xenophobic at worst; and it was also rather tedious how the female characters seemed to throw themselves at Hamish, and continued to do so despite his very wishy-washy attitude towards even the ones that he's supposed to have a history with. Anyway, the tl;dr is that this was definitely not the right book for me, but at least I've learnt that there's no point in my picking up any more of Beaton's books. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try Death of a Gentle Lady. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about Death of a Gentle Lady problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Death of a Gentle Lady by M. Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle - everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is quite sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, they say. But who has time for marriage when there's a murder to be sol Gentle by name, gentle by nature. But who has time for marriage when there's a Death of a Gentle Lady to be solved? When Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked and outraged. Chief Detective Inspector Blair suspects members of her family, but Hamish Macbeth thinks there's more to the story, and begins investigating Death of a Gentle Lady truth behind this lady's Death of a Gentle Lady exterior. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Hamish Macbeth Lochdubh, Scotland Scotland. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Death of a Gentle Ladyplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Death of a Gentle Lady. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Death of a Gentle Lady details. More filters. Sort order. Along the way Beaton is in fine form, taking politically incorrect yet hilarious swipes at everything from the absurdity of restrictions imposed by the European Union, to the often pretentious dribble championed by the Booker Prize. He felt uneasy. He had felt it before when some incomer had started to spread an evil atmosphere around the peace of the Highlands. Gentle is spiteful, and when her influence threatens the closing of his police station, Hamish Death of a Gentle Lady out of the arrangement. But Ayesha is having none of it. And then she disappears. Fearing the worst, Hamish searches the cliffs, but finds the body of Mrs. Gentle instead of Ayesha. Worse, it turns out Ayesha is actually Irena, a high-end hooker from Russia, giving the locals plenty of ammunition to poke fun at Hamish, who was about to marry her! Of course, one or two murders on his patch are nothing compared to the pretentious writer staying at the hotel. Harold Jury wants to stage Macbeth, with Priscilla in the lead female role. Hamish spins Harold a yarn about fake customs and greetings to new arrivals in Lochdubh and creates an enemy — while the reader is rolling in laughter. Then there is the pushy female detective from Russia, observing Highland policing. Not all is fun and games, however, as Hamish struggles with making a second marriage proposal, this one to Elspeth, which creates a melancholy moment for the constable. When Hamish decides to put the word out that Irena told him something important, he places a target on his back. He also gives Blair an idea about how to get rid of Hamish — only the first in this entry! Great fun, and a terrific read for fans of the lanky red-headed constable with a knack for solving murders, who wants no more than to remain on his small Death of a Gentle Lady of heaven in Lochdubh and not be bothered. Highly recommended! View all 6 comments. Sep 03, Anne Hawn Smith rated it really liked it Shelves: readmysterycomfort-readDeath of a Gentle Ladyseriescozy-mystery. Another of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries, this one has a lively cast of suspects. She is anything but gentle and her family members are almost as appalling. She mistreats her illegal immigrant Russian maid leading Hamish, in a fit of kindness, to offer to marry her. He is not quite as altruistic as he seems. If he has a wife, then Inspector Blair will be thwarted in his attempt to close the Lockdubh police s Another of the Hamish Macbeth mysteries, this one has a lively cast of suspects. If he has a wife, then Inspector Blair will be thwarted in his attempt to close the Lockdubh police station. From that point on, things start to unravel.