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Violence
Barely any
A murder; the victim's violence and theft established him as a threat; mild criminal activity
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Alcohol; the traveller's lifestyle involves public drunkenness
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The specific moral complexity of a murder victim who was himself a source of violence; a community's reluctance to investigate a death they consider a relief
What this book is about
An Irish traveller named Sean Donahue arrives in the village of Lochdubh and immediately causes trouble — stealing, fighting, and intimidating the community. When he is found murdered, Constable Hamish Macbeth investigates in a community that is mainly relieved the man is gone. M.C. Beaton's ninth Hamish Macbeth novel examines the specific tension between a settled community and itinerant outsiders and the way that relief at a troublemaker's death can complicate an investigation when nobody wants to look too hard at what happened.
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ninth Hamish Macbeth novel by M.C. Beaton
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