Death of a Perfect Wife

HAMISH MACBETH IS SAVOURING THE DELIGHTS OF A HIGHLAND SUMMER, BUT AS FAST AS THE RAIN ROLLS IN FROM THE LOCH HIS HAPPY LIFE GOES TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET. THE TROUBLE BEGINS WHEN HIS BELOVED PRISCILLA HALBURTON-SMYTHE RETURNS TO LOCHDUBH WITH A NEW FIANC ON HER ARM. HIS MISERIES MULTIPLY WHEN CLOUDS OF MIDGES DESCEND ON THE TOWN. AND THEN A PARAGON OF HOUSEWIFE PERFECTION NAMED TRIXIE THOMAS MOVES INTO LOCHDUBH WITH HER COWED HUSBAND IN TOW. THE NEWCOMER QUICKLY CONVINCES THE LOCAL LADIES TO EMBRACE LOW-CHOLESTEROL MEALS, BAN ALCOHOL AND BEGIN BIRD-WATCHING. SOON THE TOWN`S MENFOLK ARE UP IN ARMS AND MACBETH MUST SOLVE LOCHDUBH`S NEWEST CRIME - THE MYSTERIOUS POISONING OF THE PERFECT WIFE. . . . N . . N , .