- Death of a Gentle Lady
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Death of a Gentle Lady 
Cover of the first edition of Death of a Gentle LadyAuthor(s) M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney) Country United Kingdom Language English Series Hamish Macbeth Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel Publisher Grand Central Publishing Publication date February 11, 2008 Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 256 pp (Hardcover edition) ISBN ISBN 0446582603 (first edition) OCLC Number 123029835 Dewey Decimal 823/.914 22 LC Classification PR6053.H4535 D34 2008 Preceded by Death of a Maid Followed by Death of a Witch Death of a Gentle Lady is the twenty-fourth mystery novel in the Hamish Macbeth series by M. C. Beaton. It was first published in 2008.
Plot introduction
While the rest of the town is smitten by Mrs. Gentle, Hamish Macbeth distrusts and dislikes her. When she tries to close down his beloved station, he exacts his revenge and saves a beautiful woman from deportation at the same time by proposing to Gentle's maid Ayesha. By the time the wedding day arrives, Hamish is desperate to escape marriage; when Ayesha doesn't appear and Mrs. Gentle is found dead, he escapes one disaster only to be swept into another.[1]
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External links
Works by Marion Chesney aka M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin series as M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (1992) · Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (2004)
Hamish Macbeth series as M. C. Beaton Death of a Gossip (1985) · Death of a Cad (1987) · Death of an Outsider (1988) · Death of a Hussy (1991) · Death of a Macho Man (2008) Death of a Gentle Lady (2008) ·
Categories:- 2008 novels
- Detective novels
- British mystery novels
- Hamish Macbeth series
- Mystery novel stubs
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