Death of a Kingfisher

When Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. The quaint village of Braikie doesn't have much to offer, other than a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which was bequeathed to the town. The savvy local tourist director renames the woods "The Fairy Glen," and has brochures printed with a beautiful photograph of a kingfisher rising from a pond on the cover.
It isn't long before coach tours begin to arrive. But just as the town's luck starts to turn, a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch in the woods with a noose around its neck. As a wave of vandalism threatens to ruin Braikie forever, the town turns to Hamish Macbeth. And when violence strikes again, the lawman's investigation quickly turns from animal cruelty to murder.

Cand Scotia este lovita de recesiune, politistul Hamish Macbeth observa ca oamenii din Highland sunt fortati sa vina cu modalitati inventive de a atrage turistii in orasele lor somnoroase. Satul pitoresc Braikie nu are multe de oferit, in afara de un loc de o frumusete rara numit Buchan's Wood, care a fost lasat mostenire orasului.