ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 4 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of...

Suspicion, it seems to Detective Ulf Varg, is everywhere. Even he, a respected police officer, is not beyond its grip. Not when it comes to things he loves, such as his dog Martin, whose bizarre scuffle with a troublesome squirrel has...

When Pat Macgregor meets her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce for a coffee, the last thing she expects is to be propositioned: with the idea of going into business with him. Elsewhere, embarrassment ensues at a bookshop when Pat's boss at...

Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the...

How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (21) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

Praise for 44 Scotland Street series"A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles" Sunday ExpressLife for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. Upstairs, at 44 Scotland Street, his father...

The second instalment in McCall Smith's circus series. Set to chime with the middle-grade mystery fiction trend. Not final jacket image. von Smith, Alexander McCall

The Quiet Side of Passion: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (12) von Smith, Alexander Mccall

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

Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi, Gaborone's No. 1 Lady Detectives, do not always agree on important issues - one being the complex male psyche. Mma Ramotswe is reminded of this when ­her husband, J. L. B. Matekoni, is offered a...

As Botswana waits for rain to nourish the land, Precious Ramotswe's thoughts turn to love and friendship as vital nourishment for the soul. Times are changing, she realises. These days, more and more women are not content just to be a...

The one where Mr J. L. B. Matekoni takes a great leapOnce again, Mma Ramotswe is asked to look into the love lives of her fellow Botswanans. A rich woman has a number of suitors and wants her to investigate their motives. But to tell the...