Find Similar Books | Similar Books Like Find Similar Books

Books like Death of a village by Marion Chesney


Trouble is afoot in the remote fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting a little fishy. With the help of sharp-eyed journalist Elspeth Grant and his dog Lugs, Hamish Macbeth begins to winkle out the truth when a holiday cottage is flattened following an explosion.
First publish date: 2009
Authors: Marion Chesney
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1.0 (1 community ratings)

All books by Marion Chesney
Death of a village by Marion Chesney

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for Death of a village by Marion Chesney are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to Death of a village (13 similar books)

The Quiche of Death by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 The Quiche of Death
 by Marion Chesney


★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (5 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like The Quiche of Death
White nights by 7703807|Ann Cleeves book cover

📘 White nights
 by Ann Cleeves


★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (2 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like White nights
Death of a nag by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a nag
 by Marion Chesney

Constable Hamish Macbeth faces a broken engagement and local gossip when he takes a short trip to a coastal B&B, only to find himself implicated in a murder. A classic Scottish mystery waits to be solved.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a nag
Death of a Charming Man by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a Charming Man
 by Marion Chesney

Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth embraces a quiet life in Lochdubh, but his marriage to Priscilla Halburton‑Smythe and new arrivals stir rivalry and danger, threatening the village's peace.

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a Charming Man
Dark blood by 4704350|Stuart MacBride book cover

📘 Dark blood
 by Stuart MacBride


★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Dark blood
Death of a kingfisher by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a kingfisher
 by Marion Chesney

A detective solves a series of crimes in Braikie, a Highland town hit hard by the recession.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a kingfisher
Death of yesterday by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of yesterday
 by Marion Chesney

A police procedural mystery about a Sergeant Hamish Macbeth and a murder mystery involving a woman who forgets her own past evening events.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of yesterday
Thin Air by 7703807|Ann Cleeves book cover

📘 Thin Air
 by Ann Cleeves

In the Shetland Isles, inspector Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves investigate the mysterious disappearance and subsequent death of friend Eleanor, whose obsession with a local ghost may hide a decades‑old secret worth killing for.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Thin Air
Death of a bore by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a bore
 by Marion Chesney

When dour novelist John Heppel is found dead in his cottage, Hamish Macbeth—a local policeman turned sleuth—must sort through a tangle of suspects and the quiet of the Scottish countryside to uncover the truth.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a bore
Death of a Celebrity by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a Celebrity
 by Marion Chesney

When glamorous BBC reporter Crystal French is murdered in the small Scottish village of Lochdubh, Detective Hamish Macbeth must unravel a web of local resentments and media rivalry to find the killer.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a Celebrity
Death of a dustman by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a dustman
 by Marion Chesney

In the small Scottish village of Lochtav, former dustman Fergus Wilson rises to power as a ruthless recycling enforcer, only to die in a shocking act of sabotage—Hamish Macbeth must untangle the crime and his own conscience.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a dustman
Death of a Macho Man by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a Macho Man
 by Marion Chesney

In the Highlands village of Lochdubh, the enigmatic Randy Duggan, known as the Macho Man, is shot dead, forcing constable Hamish Macbeth to investigate the murder while protecting his career.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a Macho Man
Death of a Poison Pen by 6375358|Marion Chesney book cover

📘 Death of a Poison Pen
 by Marion Chesney

A small Scottish village is rocked by poison‑pen letters that turn deadly, and local chief‑constable Hamish Macbeth must solve the murders while navigating love‑trouble and rivalries.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)
Similar? ✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0
Books like Death of a Poison Pen

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!