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The Sunday Philosophy Club

byAlexander McCall Smith

Genres: Fiction Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy cozy mysteries with philosophical undertones and strong character development.

Topics IdentityFriendshipJustice

MoodReflective, Mysterious

Female protagonist

HumorOccasional Humor

RomanceMinor Subplot

THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which addresses such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. Behind the city's Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty and murderous intent. Instinct tells Isabel that the young man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes at a concert in the Usher Hall didn't fall. He was pushed. With Isabel Dalhousie Alexander McCall Smith introduces a new and pneumatic female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem - and the mysteries of life. As her hero WH Auden maintained, classic detective fiction stems from a desire for an uncorrupted Eden which the detective, as an agent of God, can return to us. But then Isabel, being a philosopher, has a thing or two to say about God as well. The Sunday Philosophy Club is the first book in the series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Language

Published on

01/01/2008

Pages

304

Format

eBook

ISBN

9780748110742

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