Death of a Maid written by M.C. Beaton performed by Graeme Malcolm on CD (Unabridged)

Mrs. Gillespie is famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland. But to Hamish Macbeth, she is a malicious gossip who bangs around the furniture and clanks pots. When Hamish wins Mrs. Gillespie's services in a church raffle, he spends most of the day trying to avoid her. He doesn't ...

understand how she managed to gain such a fine reputation. Then she is found dead, struck down violently by a metal bucket of water.

Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets-which means that everyone whose home she cleaned is a suspect.