Death of a Dustman

 Author: M. C. Beaton

Publisher: Robinson Publishing

Publication Date: 10 September 2009

Book 17

When Fergus, Lochdubh's abusive, drunk dustman is put in charge of the local recycling centre and is dubbed the 'Environment Officer', Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus, imbued with his new powers, becomes a bullying tyrant and when his body is found in a recycling bin, no one is sorry - including his long-suffering family.