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...

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...

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

How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (21) 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...

The Novel Habits of Happiness von Smith, Alexander Mccall

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...