A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author -- Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the recession is forcing the Highland people to find inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. In the quaint village of Braikie, the savvy local tourist director renames a local wood "The Fairy Glen" and prints brochures with a beautiful photo of a kingfisher rising from a pond. But as tours begin to arrive and the town's luck starts to turn, a kingfisher is found hanging from a noose in the woods.