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Label: audible.com Manufacturer: audible.com Publisher: audible.com Studio: audible.com Editorial Review: Product Description: The delectable new installment in the best-selling and beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie. When Mimi, Isabel’s cousin from Dallas, arrives in Edinburgh with her husband, Joe, several confounding situations unfurl. First, Mimi and Joe introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce–a bigwig back home in Texas. The roving eye of Tom’s young fiancée leads Isabel to believe that money may be at the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is at the root of Tom’s interest in Isabel herself? Then there are the feelings that Isabel has for Jamie, which are certainly hard to ignore. And she mustn’t forget about her niece, Cat, who’s busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an incorrigible mama’s boy. Of course, Jamie counsels Isabel to stay out of it all, but there are irresistible philosophical issues at stake–when to tell the truth and when to keep one’s mouth shut, to be precise–and philosophical issues are meat and drink to Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. In any case, Isabel is certain of the ethical basis for a little sleuthing now and again–especially when the problems involve matters of the heart. Average Rating:
 Rating: - What a treat! Best of the series so far.My favourite of the Isabel Dalhousie series, so far! What a treat! Just the right mix of thinking and relaxing prose. I love the warmth and goodness and common sense that emmanate from McCall Smith's prose. It just feels so good, so cozy. These are books to keep us good company, anytime, anywhere, and to remind us that life is good and we can make it good, too. Rating:  - Philosophy as MysteryIn this third installment of the Isabel Dalhousie series, Alexander McCall Smith has done an admirable job of advancing the plot without being too redundant. For those unfamiliar with the series, but who have read the authors The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5-Book Boxed Set, Isabel Dalhousie is a far different protagonist than Mma Ramotswe. While both philosophers in their own right, Isabel's philsophies are academic and rooted in social modernity whereas Precious Ramotswe prides herself ... Read More Rating: - *SLEUTHING for Future Choices /OR/ Leaving all to INTUITION?*Whether you have been reading "The Right Attitude to Rain" . . . "Love Over Scotland" or "Blue Shoes & Happiness" . . . you and your book friends will probably have a discussion eventually . . . about the author! For two of his series, author Alexander McCall Smith has chosen female protagonists, and these are women who have strong claims on our hearts. Why is it that these characters 'grab' at readers, albeit with the welcome tentacles of family? Was *AMS* one of a large family, ... Read More Rating:  - End of the line for meThis book was a great disappointment. I don't know what I expected after the very good second book, but it certainly was not this. The Right Attitude to Rain reads like a long, ponderouss, unfunny episode of Seinfeld. For all of its credentials, it is essentially a book about nothing- except lusting after a younger man. While I am happy to see that this book was subtitled "An Isabel Dalhouse Novel" instead of "Mystery", I think this book would have been more appropriately labeled "Romance", ... Read More Rating:  - Couldn't finish itTo understand how frivolous this book is, one need only realize that its philosophical water-bearer is someone who has no real job, no children, and no marriage - but she does somehow have scads of money and a domestic assistant. These are not the conditions that breed useful insights for the rest of us. The narrative pace is just as contrived. Isabel's conversational partners are apparently accustomed to long, long silences while she wanders in reverie up and down a mental garden of friends, ... Read More |
