Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Pantheon
Manufacturer: Pantheon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: September 20, 2005
Publishing house: Pantheon
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 164358
Studio: Pantheon
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In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s best-selling new detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, gets caught up in an affair of the heart—this one a transplant.
When Isabel’s niece, Cat, asks Isabel to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly plagued with memories of events that never happened to him. The situation appeals to Isabel as a philosophical question: Is the heart truly the seat of the soul? And it piques her insatiable curiosity: Could the memories be connected with the donor’s demise? Of course, Grace—Isabel’s no-nonsense housekeeper—and Isabel’s friend Jamie think it is none of Isabel’s business. Meanwhile, Cat brings home an Italian lothario, who, in accordance with all that Isabel knows about Italian lotharios, shouldn’t be trusted . . . but, goodness, he is charming.
That makes two mysteries of the heart to be solved—just the thing for Isabel Dalhousie.
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Book arrival was as promised, and in the condition as stated. I was pleased with my choice of purchase.
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Love this series of novels; peaceful reading on human foibles with just enough philosophy thrown in to give you pause. Highly recommended.
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All the books in this series are rich with imagery and humor, but this book is the richest. I love the little throwaway joke about philosophers in Edinburgh delicatessens, the anecdote about German professors, and the beautiful final scene. I don't like the central plot very much, but I reread this book over and over for the little things.
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Ok, I agree that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seems to have more flavor than the Isabel Dalhousie series - but isn't it because we find Africa much more exciting than Scotland? Because we find it exotic and warm and we are pleasantly surprised with the human universals we discover in Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi?
My opinion is that both series have the same writing quality, it is just that we don't know as much about Botswana and its people, as we know about Europe. And it makes it a more interesting read for us - as I am sure it would be the reverse for the African readers.
I liked the very first novels of the Isabel Dalhousie series, it is a very enjoyable read. And the series gets better, I think. I like the warmth and goodness and common sense that emmanate from McCall Smith's prose. It just feels good, cozy even. No big surprises, just a book to keep you good company, anytime, anywhere, and to remind us that life is good (and we can contibute to that, too).
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I'd never read any of this author's books before, and picked it up while I was on vacation. Set in lovely Scotland, it is the story of a strong willed, intelligent and attractive protagonist who sets out to solve the mystery of a transplant patient who is having visions of a murder. I thought the premise was intriguing, the writing clever, and the story engaging. I'll read others from this author!
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