Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. And now Paul's dead. Now Hamish is faced with a bewildering array of suspects. And he's lost the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie, who has resigned from the force after throwing Chief Inspector Blair into the loch. Can Hamish find the killer on his own? Featuring Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman.