MC Beaton, the prolific creator of the much loved fictional detectives Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth, has died after a short illness at the age of 83. He is lazy and an underachiever who purposely sabotages any chance of a promotion. Crime fiction writer who created the detectives Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin Mike Ripley Mon 6 Jan 2020 08.24 EST Last modified on Fri 14 Feb 2020 12.10 EST Hamish Macbeth is a fictional police officer who serves as his town's 'bobby' in a series of mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney).The novels are published in the UK by Constable & Robinson and are set in the Scottish Highlands, in the fictitious town of Lochdubh. Died 30 December, 2019, aged 83. Beaton). The series kicked off way back in 1985 with the release of the first novel. Marion Chesney Gibbons, who wrote under the pseudonym MC Beaton, was the prolific author of the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin crime novels. Beaton was the creator and the writer of the fictional Hamish Macbeth series. M.C. Macbeth was created by M. C. Beaton (more commonly known as Marion Chesney) in a mystery novel published in 1985, the first of many in a series. Hamish Macbeth is a character and mystery series by Scottish author Marion Chesney (as M.C. Beaton’s latest book, Death of An Honest Man. Beaton created our best-loved Scottish copper, Hamish Macbeth has another murder on his hands in Death Of An Honest Man. The series is set in the Scottish Highlands and follows the Hamish Macbeth character in his adventures as a cop. The first novel featuring Hamish Macbeth was released in 1985 and titled “Death of a Gossip”. Beaton (@mc_beaton) January 2, 2020 Born in Glasgow in 1936, she worked first as a bookseller and then as a theatre critic for the Scottish Daily Mail. Born: 10 June, 1936, in Glasgow. It is titled Death of a Gossip The book did well and a sequel came out two years later, titled Death of a Cad. Macbeth resides in the small, fictional village known as Lochdubh in northern Scotland. WITH more than 100 novels to her name – including the Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series – MC Beaton is a one woman crime wave By … Hamish Macbeth Series 34 primary works • 50 total works In the Scottish Highlands remote village of Lochdubh, in the real county of Sutherland, tall thin red-haired hazel-eyed quietly clever police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth solves murders. — M.C. Hamish Macbeth is back in M.C. Hamish Macbeth could have been the beginning to all of these outspoken characters. MC Beaton (Marion Chesney), novelist. A newcomer to the wee village of Cnonath, retired banker Paul English prides himself on speaking as he finds. In his 34 th case since M.C. Hamish Macbeth is the main character in the “Hamish Macbeth” series of mystery novels written by M. C. Beaton (a pseudonym; her real name is Marion Gibbons, née McChesney).