Continuing with the Isabel Dalhousie Novel series read. I have enjoyed The Charming Quirks Of Others (2010), more so than the last four books I have read about Isabel Dalhousie - there is more drama and indulgence here, shall I say.
The next book - Book 8 - is the latest one entitled The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011) which will wrap up my reading of this delightful meddlesome series. After that, who knows? I hope McCall Smith will write Book 9 and there will be a Book 9. In the meantime, I can make a start on either his "Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld" series or the "44 Scotland Street" series. Happy reading, everyone!
Paperback blurb: As well as its advantages, there are drawbacks to the enlightened village that is twenty-first-century Edinburgh, where every Saturday night ears burn at dinner parties across the city, and anyone requiring the investigative abilities of a philosophical soul knows where to find her.
Jillian McKinlay - wife of a trustee of an illustrious school - is the latest petitioner; she asks Isabel to look into a poison-pen letter that makes insinuations about applicants for the position of principal.
And what's more, when a pretty cellist with a tragic story takes a fancy to her husband-to-be, Isabel finds herself contemplating an act of heroic and alarming self-sacrifice.
Last line in the book: "...and loving anything with all your heart always brings understanding, in time."
Rating: 4/5
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