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Alexander McCall Smith

A Distant View of Everything


An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
2017. 240 S. 235 x 337 mm
Verlag/Jahr: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP 2017
ISBN: 1-408-70940-6 (1408709406)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-408-70940-5 (9781408709405)

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The latest novel in Alexander McCall Smithīs much-loved Isabel Dalhousie series.
Isabel Dalhousie now has a second child - another boy, Magnus. He comes home with her at the beginning of the book and she discovers that Charlie is far from thrilled. He sees no need for a new baby.

In Catīs delicatessen, Isabel meets a woman with whom she had been at school. This woman, Bea Shand, is known as an enthusiastic match-maker. She is very worried, though, as she has introduced a woman she knows to a plastic surgeon who is now described by another friend as a gold-digger. This other friend reveals that the surgeon has a bad track record: he has been involved with a series of well-off women and has succeeded in separating a number of then from their money. Bea asks Isabel to investigate; she herself tried to warn her friend of the danger she was in but was rebuffed badly.

Isabel starts to make enquiries. At first the pattern that emerges confirms her friendīs dire diagnosis, but as things develop it emerges that not only is the surgeon innocent, but he himself is the one in danger!

In the meantime, as a sub-plot, Isabel finds that the man who warned her of the surgeonīs proclivities, is taking an interest in her (Isabel). He appears to be smitten by her; she tries to get away from him but discovers that she has inadvertently given Jamie grounds to believe that she (Isabel) is having an affair. This is awkward, but is resolved satisfactorily.

Her final conclusion: match-make at oneīs peril. Never tell people half-truths for paternalistic reasons. Mind your own business (a lesson that Isabel never seems to learn).
Like [Barbara] Pym, McCall Smith believes that the small stuff in life matters Scotsman
McCall Smith, Alexander
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladiesī Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the worldīs longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.