Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Sunday Philosophy Club, #2)
In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most...
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In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunted by memories of events that never happened to him.The situation piques her insatiable curiosity: Could the memories be connected with the donor’s demise? Naturally, Isabel’s friend Jamie thinks it is none of Isabel’s business. Meanwhile, Grace, Isabel’s housekeeper, has become infatuated with a man at her spiritualist meeting, and Cat brings home an Italian lothario. That makes for some particularly tricky problems–both practical and philosophical–for Isabel to unravel in this enormously engaging and highly unusual mystery.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400077106 (1400077109)
ASIN: 1400077109
Publish date: August 29th 2006
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Scotland
Series: The Isabel Dalhousie Series (#2)
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate is the second book in the Isabel Dalhousie series. Miss Dalhousie is a philosopher and the editor of the The Review of Applied Ethics. The main draw of the book is the heroine asking philosophical questions about her life and the mysteries she solves.
Rating: 3.5* of fiveThe Book Report: No life is perfect. Isabel Dalhousie would seem to be an exception to that rule, since she's rich, well-educated, and has a job she loves. (Hate her yet?) But all else being equal, which it never is, how can you hate a woman who believes it is a moral duty to hel...