Death of an Outsider

{{Short description|1988 novel by Marion Chesney}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Death of an Outsider

| image = File:Death of an Outsider.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney)

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Hamish Macbeth

| genre = Detective, Mystery novel

| publisher = St. Martin's Press

| pub_date = November 1988

| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 182 (Hardcover edition)

| isbn = 0-312-02188-7

| isbn_note = (first edition)

| dewey= 823/.914 19

| congress= PR6052.E196 D44 1988

| oclc= 17918653

| preceded_by = Death of a Cad

| followed_by = Death of a Perfect Wife

}}

Death of an Outsider is the third mystery novel in the Hamish Macbeth series by Marion Chesney under her pseudonym M. C. Beaton. It was first published in 1988.

Plot introduction

While Hamish Macbeth is on duty temporarily in Cnothan, William Mainwaring, the most disliked man in town is murdered. No one wants to solve the crime, including Macbeth's superiors who want to keep the strange manner of Mainwaring's death hushed up.{{Cite web|url=http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=death_of_an_outsider_9781845296681_paperback|title = LBBG Imprint – Constable|date = 13 March 2019}}

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