Right Attitude To Rain - An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery

Zusatztext “The literary equivalent of herbal tea and a cozy fire . . . Invite[s] readers into a world of kindness! gentility! and creature comforts. McCall Smith’s Scotland [is] well worth future visits.” –The New York Times “Charmingly told . . . Its graceful prose shines! and Isabel’s interior monologues–meditations on a variety of moral questions–are bemused! intelligent! and entertaining.” –The Seattle Times “McCall Smith’s assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless . . . His fans are sure to embrace these moral peregrinations among the plaid.” –San Francisco Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Alexander McCall Smith is the author of! in the Isabel Dalhousie series! The Sunday Philosophy Club and Friends! Lovers! Chocolate . He is also the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. Klappentext ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 3 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy! the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie! one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives! is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questions! large and small. When Mimi! Isabel's cousin from Dallas! arrives in Edinburgh with her husband! Joe! several confounding situations unfurl. First! Mimi and Joe introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce-a bigwig back home in Texas. The roving eye of Tom's young fiancée leads Isabel to believe that money may be at the root of her love for Tom. But what! Isabel wonders! is at the root of Tom's interest in Isabel herself? Then there are the feelings that Isabel has for Jamie! which are certainly hard to ignore. And she mustn't forget about her niece! Cat! who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mama's boy. Of course! Jamie counsels Isabel to stay out of it all! but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake-when to tell the truth and when to keep one's mouth shut! to be precise-and philosophical issues are meat and drink to Isabel Dalhousie! editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. In any case! Isabel is certain of the ethical basis for a little sleuthing now and again- especially when the problems involve matters of the heart. CHAPTER ONE To take an interest in the affairs of others is entirely natural; so natural, in fact, that even a cat, lying cat-napping on top of a wall, will watch with half an eye the people walking by below. But between such curiosity, which is permissible, and nosiness, which is not, there lies a dividing line that some people simply miss—even if it is a line that is painted red and marked by the very clearest of warning signs. Isabel adjusted the position of her chair. She was sitting in the window of the Glass and Thompson café at the top of Dundas Street—where it descended sharply down the hill to Canonmills. From that point in the street, one could see in the distance the hills of Fife beyond: dark-green hills in that light, but at times an attenuated blue, softened by the sea—always changing. Isabel liked this café, where the display windows of the shop it had once been had now been made into sitting areas for customers. Edinburgh was normally too chilly to allow people to sit out while drinking their coffee, except for a few short weeks in the high summer when café life spilled out onto the pavement, tentatively, as if expecting a rebuff from the elements. This was a compromise—to sit in the window, protected by glass, and yet feel part of what w...

Product details

• Authors: Alexander McCall Smith, Alexander McCall Smith
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2006
• EAN: 9780375423000
• ISBN: 978-0-375-42300-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Isabel Dalhousie Mysteries (Ha; Isabel Dalhousie Series; Isabel Dalhousie Series
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense