New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/very good. 215 pages. Hamish Macbeth plunges into love and loss in this story of the death of a recovering drug addict. Blue boards with purple metallic titles on spine. Some edge wear with a little fading along edges, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages a bit tanned, binding tight. Illustrated blue dust jacket with pink titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, minor wrinkles in back corner near inner fold, not pirce clipped, a little tanned along inner folds.

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Tommy Jarret is a young former heroin addict from Strathbane. Happy about his drug-free future, he had rented a chalet and was writing a book about recovery. Hamish Macbeth is surprised to hear of his sudden death from an overdose because Tommy had seemed so happy and his life had even taken a spiritual bent after he had joined a local New Age group, the Church of the Rising Sun. Macbeth pokes around and becomes suspicious of the church. Posing as homeless and depressed, he joins the church and volunteers his services as a handyman. Although he doesn't find anything strange other than the church's belief that all troubles stem from sexual oppression, his superiors have been separately investigating the source of widespread drug infiltration into the Highlands and have also been poking around the church. Hamish is asked by the commanding officer, Detective Inspector Olivia Chater, to go undercover as a husband and wife team, posing as large-scale drug barons. In their new Armani-clad, chauffeured existence, they travel to Amsterdam and uncover an operation that is strangely ordinary, but hardly an ordinary case.

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On Mar 30 2011, Popcornlover said:

Excellent series, book in excellent condition, recommend the author and the seller.

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Bookseller: Scraps of American History (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 01724
Title: Death of an Addict
Author: Beaton, M. C
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition, as stated
ISBN 10: 0892966750
ISBN 13: 9780892966752
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: fiction, Scotland, mystery, series,
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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