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The author of the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mysteries shifts venue from Gaborone, Botswana, to Edinburgh, Scotland in this first volume of a new series. Isabel Dalhousie, a wealthy academic spinster who edits an ethics journal, uses her extensive education in philosophy to inform her every decision, including her involvement in things which are not quite her business. First and foremost, she is attempting to reunite her niece Cat with Cat's ex-boyfriend Jamie, a young man Isabel considers eminently suitable and is actually half in love with herself. She has also taken on a potentially dangerous task: having witnessed a young man's fatal plunge from the upper tier of a concert hall, she is trying to determine just how and why he died.
| Size | | Length: | 247 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] detective story with charm...[and] warmth."
Kirkus (08/01/2004)
"...McCall Smith's charming prose warms every page of this winning series debut." (starred review)
Publishers Weekly (08/02/2004)
"...Mr. McCall Smith's Scotland winds up being well worth future visits."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/27/2004)
"Isabel's search for truth...follows a route that offers tantalizing glimpses of Edinburgh's complex character and a nice, long look into the beautiful mind of a thinking woman."
New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio (10/03/2004)
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