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BOOK ONE IN THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES

Isabel Dalhousie knows that behind Edinburgh''s Georgian facades, its moral compasses spin with greed, dishonesty and lust. As a philosopher, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and founder of the Sunday Philosophy Club, her business is to map the intricacies of human behaviour. But when she sees a man tumble from the balcony at the Usher Hall, it''s her instinct that tells her strongly that he didn''t fall: he was pushed.

Isabel turns amateur sleuth in a bid to solve the mystery of the falling man, and what she lacks in official status she makes up for in contacts and informants, including her housekeeper Grace, her beautiful niece Cat, and Cat''s ex-boyfriend Jamie, whose charms are causing Isabel to review her own ethics.

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''Isabel Dalhousie''s charm is undeniable'' Sunday Times

''The No. 2 Lady Detective . . . anyone who

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The Sunday Philosophy Club

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      Publisher Abacus
      Published 7 February 2013
      ISBN-13 9780349139418
      978-0349139418
      ISBN-10 349139415
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      Contemporary Fiction Romance Books by Alexander McCall Smith

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      BOOK ONE IN THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES

      Isabel Dalhousie knows that behind Edinburgh''s Georgian facades, its moral compasses spin with greed, dishonesty and lust. As a philosopher, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and founder of the Sunday Philosophy Club, her business is to map the intricacies of human behaviour. But when she sees a man tumble from the balcony at the Usher Hall, it''s her instinct that tells her strongly that he didn''t fall: he was pushed.

      Isabel turns amateur sleuth in a bid to solve the mystery of the falling man, and what she lacks in official status she makes up for in contacts and informants, including her housekeeper Grace, her beautiful niece Cat, and Cat''s ex-boyfriend Jamie, whose charms are causing Isabel to review her own ethics.

      PRAISE FOR THE ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVELS:

      ''Isabel Dalhousie''s charm is undeniable'' Sunday Times

      ''The No. 2 Lady Detective . . . anyone who

      Trade Review
      Brimming with Discreet charm * Mail on Sunday *
      Like [Barbara] Pym, McCall Smith believes that the small stuff in life matters * Scotsman *

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