Imagined crossover · Police detectives
What if Hamish Macbeth met Karen Pirie?
The Highland bobby and the cold case queen. Two Scottish police officers who care more about justice than promotion.
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The pair
Hamish MacbethPolice constable in the Highland village of LochdubhBy M.C. Beaton · Hamish Macbeth · first in Death of a Gossip
Karen PirieDetective leading Scotland’s cold case unitBy Val McDermid · Karen Pirie · first in The Distant Echo
Chemistry8/10
Friction3/10
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Where and when
The Scottish Highlands
The 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A decades-old disappearance points to Lochdubh, and Karen Pirie needs the local constable who knows everyone.
- Why they would work
- Two Scottish police officers who care more about justice than promotion.
- What each brings
- Hamish knows every croft, poacher and gossip in Sutherland. Karen is relentless with old evidence and modern science.
- Where they would clash
- Hamish is in no hurry; Karen is always in a hurry. His dog would win her over.
Strengths compared
Hamish Macbeth Karen Pirie
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Death of a GossipM.C. Beaton · 1985 · Hamish Macbeth's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The Distant EchoVal McDermid · 2003 · Karen Pirie's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
