A Promise of Ankles: 44 Scotland Street (14) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

The latest Isabel Dalhousie novel finds our favourite moral philosopher is caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry.When Isabel Dalhousie...

The one with the boy who might have been raised by lionsFacing financial trouble, the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is obliged to move into the same premises as Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And on top of her domestic complications with...

It is summer in Edinburgh and Isabel Dalhousie is once again caught between 'gossip' and significant rumour. It is none of her business that Patricia, the mother of her son Charlie's little friend Basil, is estranged from Basil's father,...

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate von Smith, Alexander Mccall

To the Land of Long Lost Friends: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (20) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

Grace Makutsi's husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm seems interested only in...

With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie...

THE ONE WITH MMA RAMOTSWE'S SUMMER HOLIDAY'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Times Mma Ramotswe is taking a break, leaving important tasks in the capable hands of Mma Makutsi, co-director of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. But Mma Ramotswe...

The one where Mma Makutsi has a love rival Mma Makutsi's engagement to Phuti Radiphuti has progressed smoothly so far but suddenly there is trouble in the form of glamorous, empty-headed Violet Sephotho, who has set her sights on her...

Sunshine on Scotland Street: 44 Scotland Street Series (8) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

"Quartet in Autumn" von Barbara Pym, nicht Alexander McCall Smith, ist ein Roman, der erstmals 1977 veröffentlicht wurde. Das Buch handelt von vier älteren alleinstehenden Menschen – Letty, Marcia, Norman und Edwin – die zusammen in...