Death of a Dentist

I needed a few quick reads for a long flight recently and M.C. Beaton never disappoints in that regards.

Death of a Dentist is a standard Beaton mystery. Hamish Macbeth, whose body count rivals that of Hercule Poirot, begins investigating a theft but soon finds himself with another murder on his hands when the roundly-despised Dr. Gilchrist is discovered dead in his own dentist chair. Hamish is convinced the two crimes are connected and begins connecting the dots.

This book is exactly what I was hoping for: a well-constructed mystery that moves along and kept me turning the pages long after I should have turned out the lights. (Except that the whole point was to stay awake from take-off to touchdown.)