Death Of A Scriptwriter

HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDSWith the lovely Priscilla HalburtonSmythe away in London Lochdubh ConstableHamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish w... » 

HOLLYWOOD IN THE HIGHLANDSWith the lovely Priscilla HalburtonSmythe away in London Lochdubh ConstableHamish Macbeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets hiswish and more when a troupe of flashy urbane filmmakers clamors into thenearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their makebelievemystery ...and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse.The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia MartynBroyd the agingmystery writer furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque faceliftin their TV reincarnation. Yet going behind the scenes Hamish soon finds atown full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling showbusiness types all harboring their own secrets lies and hidden agendas. Andas the culprit strikes again Hamish must quickly find the right killer orscript the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry. «