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Violence
Barely any
A murder; the victim's concealed past provides the context
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The specific danger of a past that follows someone even to a remote Highland village; Hamish's instinct that the gentle woman's gentleness was both real and protective
What this book is about
An unexpectedly wealthy woman takes up residence near Lochdubh, and the community is simultaneously charmed and puzzled by her. When she is found dead, Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates and discovers that her gentleness concealed a history that explains both the wealth and the danger. M.C. Beaton's twenty-first Hamish Macbeth novel uses the 'gentle woman with a past' archetype to examine what people who seem to have no enemies actually have instead — and what it costs them when their concealed history finally arrives.
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twenty-first Hamish Macbeth novel by M.C. Beaton
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