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Archer Book Club

Death of a Spy

2026-02-26 16:00:00 2026-02-26 17:15:00 America/New_York Archer Book Club Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36) by MC Beaton with RW Green. Archer Branch - Meeting Room

Thursday, February 26
4:00pm - 5:15pm

Add to Calendar 2026-02-26 16:00:00 2026-02-26 17:15:00 America/New_York Archer Book Club Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36) by MC Beaton with RW Green. Archer Branch - Meeting Room

Archer Branch

Meeting Room

Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36) by MC Beaton with RW Green.

Meetings are the fourth Thursday of every month (subject to change during the holiday season).

Everyone is encouraged to read at their own pace. Several versions of the books are available for check out. Books are held at the circulation desk.

The February selection is Death of a Spy by MC Beaton with RW Green.

From Goodreads:

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochudch in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton’s beloved, New York Times bestselling series.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major problems to deal with – crimes and criminals, even law enforcement agents, that he doesn’t want anywhere near his beloved Highland village in Lochdubh. Hamish is worried about how the locals, as well as those in the wider area of his territory in Sutherland, will react to his new assistant officer. The officer is none other than the enigmatic American James Bland who is on an exchange scheme from his home city of Chicago in the United States, supposedly to study policing methods in Scotland.

Hamish knows that this is far from the truth. Having recently become involved in identifying a Russian spy ring to solve a murder, he is aware that Bland’s mission is to track down the members of the spy network still at large. Bland trusts Hamish to help him find all of those who may have been, or may still be, in league with the Russians.

In the meantime, he and Bland have to contend with the everyday chores of rural policing. The tourist season brings with it the usual crop of traffic incidents, lost wallets, lost dogs, and people who are simply lost, but a spate of burglaries and robberies committed by a man described as having a gold tooth and a spider’s web tattoo on his neck give Hamish cause for serious concern. The robberies become increasingly violent and the man is dubbed "Spiderman" by the local press. Hamish has to use all of his contacts and every ounce of his Highland guile to find the robber.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (19 and up) |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Authors, & Writing |

TAGS: | #reading | #books | #bookdiscussion | #bookclub |

Archer Branch

Phone: 352-495-3367
Branch manager
Lesia Schnur

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Thu, Feb 12 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Feb 13 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Feb 14 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Feb 15 Closed

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The Archer Branch Library provides access to resources and services in the City of Archer and surrounding areas.

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Death of a Spy (Hamish Macbeth #36) by MC Beaton with RW Green.