Death of a Scriptwriter (Hamish Macbeth, Bk 14) Author: M. C. Beaton
	Book Information Publisher: Warner Books Book Type: Paperback Rating: 24 ISBN-13: 9780446606981 - ISBN-10: 0446606987 Publication Date: 6/1/1999 Pages: 224

With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Lochdubh Constable Hamish MacBeth pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He get his wish - and more - when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of Drim. Before long bedlam erupts around their make-believe mystery, and culminates in the sudden appearance of one very real corpse. The initial suspect in the killing is one Patricia Martyn-Broyd, the aging mystery writer furious that her musty old cozies are getting a risque face-lift in their TV reincarnation. Yet going behind the scenes, Hamish soon finds a town full of locals bitten by the movie bug and a cast of quarreling show business types, all harboring their own secrets, lies, and hidden agendas. And as the culprit strikes again, Hamish must quickly find the right killer - or script the wrong finale to a show gone murderously awry.