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Violence
Barely any
A child's disappearance; the Christmas Highland setting; mild content
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The specific vulnerability of a child during a festive occasion when attention is elsewhere; the Highland Christmas atmosphere
What this book is about
It is Christmas in the Highland village of Lochdubh, and a child goes missing during the celebrations. Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates in the particular atmosphere of a Scottish Highland village at Christmas — the community, the weather, the specific isolation that the season creates — and the mystery is gentler than the Hamish Macbeth standard, appropriate to the festive context. M.C. Beaton's seasonal entry in the Hamish Macbeth series maintains the series' warmth while using the Christmas setting to examine what the season does to a small community.
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Hamish Macbeth Christmas novel by M.C. Beaton
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