She said that after getting “fed up” with the time period of 1811-1820, a fishing trip to her native Scotland gave her the idea for her Scottish detective, Hamish Macbeth. She produced an astonishing number of books, selling almost 100 Regency-period romances. Although both of them eventually landed reporting jobs in New York City with The Star, Marion wanted to spend more time at home with her son, which led her to begin writing genre fiction. Chesney married Harry Gibson, and the couple relocated to the United States with their young son, Charles. She later moved to London to be a reporter for the Daily Express.
Beaton published another 33 novels featuring her Scottish highlands detective, Hamish MacBeth, not to mention many other historical romance novels.Īccording to her professional website at, this prolific writer, whose real name was Marion Chesney, began her writing career as a theater reviewer and critic for the Scottish Daily Mail, then worked as the fashion editor and also as a crime reporter.
Hamish Macbeth episodes from every season can be seen below, along with. Photos from the individual Hamish Macbeth episodes are listed along with the Hamish Macbeth episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode. Beaton had published 30 novels for just one of the mystery series she wrote, before her death in last December in 2019. Below is a complete Hamish Macbeth episode list that spans the shows entire TV run. Someone who has written 30 novels has, by anyone’s standard, accomplished a lot, but author M.C.