Death of a Scriptwriter
Death of a Scriptwriter by M. C. Beaton, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited in May 2018, is a cozy mystery that follows Patricia Martyn-Broyd, a retired author in her seventies living in the Highlands. After years of silence, she finds herself at the center of excitement as a television company plans to adapt her last detective story featuring the aristocratic Scottish detective, Lady Harriet Vare. However, her enthusiasm quickly turns to dismay when she learns that the screenwriter is notorious for his violent scripts and that Lady Harriet will be portrayed in an unflattering light.
As the story unfolds, Patricia grapples with the challenges of her new reality, including the shocking murders of both the screenwriter and the leading lady, for which she becomes a suspect. With the help of local policeman Hamish Macbeth, she navigates the complexities of her situation while confronting her own feelings about the changes in her life and the community around her. This edition contains 304 pages and is presented in English, offering readers a blend of mystery and character-driven narrative set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands.
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Truth is stranger than fiction…
Patricia Martyn-Broyd, now in her seventies, has retired to the Highlands. She hasn’t written a word in years and her books are out of print. But now a television company is about to film her last detective story, featuring the aristocratic Scottish detective Lady Harriet Vare. Even though the snobbish Miss Martyn-Broyd doesn’t care to mix with the locals, she can’t help but share her excitement with local policeman Hamish Macbeth.
Imagine her horror when Miss Martyn-Broyd discovers that the screenwriter is known for his violent and scurrilous scripts and that Lady Harriet Vare is to be portrayed as a pot-smoking hippy by the scene-stealing trollop Penelope Gates. But a contract is a contract, as Ms Martyn-Broyd quickly learns. And when she is accused of murdering both the scriptwriter and the leading lady, she turns to her one friend in Lochdubh, Hamish Macbeth, to help her.
Praise for M.C. Beaton:
‘The books are a delight: clever, intricate, sardonic and amazingly true to the real Highlands’ Kerry Greenwood
‘It’s always a special treat to return to Lochdubh’ New York Times
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