Book description
An Isabel Dalhousie short story exclusive to ebook. Summer in Edinburgh
is a season of delicate sunshine and showers, picnics with loved ones in
blossoming gardens and genteel celebrations of art and music. But Isabel
Dalhousie's peaceful idyll is broken when a single meeting over coffee
with fellow philosopher Dr George McLeod brings an irate phone call from
his wife, Roz, who implacably accuses Isabel of conducting an affair
with her husband. Wounded by the injustice of Roz's wild allegation and
concerned both for her standing among the gossipy group of her scholarly
peers and for Roz's apparent state of hysteria, Isabel is minded to
discover more about the McLeods and set the record straight before the
bitterness in their marriage poisons her reputation. She turns to
Millie, an old acquaintance and a university colleague of George's, for
insight. Once again, in this engaging, intelligently observed novella,
Alexander McCall Smith's sharp-eyed heroine Isabel is reminded to avoid
jumping to hasty conclusions about the lives of others, and to value
friendship wherever it's found. Alexander McCall Smith is the author
of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects. For many years he was
Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and served on
national and international bioethics bodies. Then in 1999 he achieved
global recognition for his award-winning No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
series, and thereafter devoted his time to the writing of fiction,
including the 44 Scotland Street and the von Igelfeld series. His books
have been translated into forty-six languages. He lives in Edinburgh
with his wife Elizabeth, a doctor.
