Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 17)

Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 17) by Beaton, M. C.. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780446609319.

Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series. Death of a Dustman: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery The garbage collectors in Britain are still called dustmen, and Lochdubhs dustman is an abusive drunk named Fergus Macleod. When Fergus is put in charge of a recycling center and dubbed the "environment officer," Constable Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus soon becomes a bullying tyrant with his new power. And after his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no ones sorry-including his long-suffering family. But Macbeth is surprised to find that many of the despicable dustmans victims refuse to talk. And when violence strikes again, the lanky lawman must quickly unearth the culprit among a litter of suspects . . . before a killer makes a clean getaway.