From the back cover: Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble… There’s a dark cloud over PC Hamish Macbeth’s beloved Lochdubh in the form of newcomer Catriona Beldame. The men of the village have been beating a path to her door; Hamish is charmed too – until he discovers her black-magic potions that are proving so popular among the villagers. But no one will heed his warnings about Catriona’s witchy ways; when she’s found murdered, Hamish is prime suspect. To clear his name, and let sanity return to sleepy Lochdubh, he must weave a spell all his own to solve the murder of a witch.