Death of a Kingfisher by M. C. Beaton

Due to be published in March 2012

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 wave of vandalism threatens to ruin Braikie forever, and the town turns to Hamish Macbeth. And when violence strikes again,the lawman's investigation quickly turns from animal cruelty to murder.