The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie #6)
Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
The sixth book in this bestselling series gives us Isabel, intrigue -- both moral and financial -- a fox bite, two engagements and at least one wedding
While attending a second birthday party with her son, Charlie, Isabel meets Minty Auchterlonie, a ruthlessly ambitious high-flying financier who first appeared in The Sunday Philosophy Club. Minty heads a small investment bank and may or may not be deceiving her shareholders. Isabel faces a dilemma: she has information which could prevent the investors from being cheated -- but how can she be sure of it?
Meanwhile, Isabel's niece, Cat, becomes engaged to a stunt man who is also a funambulist. However, the fianc is about to take up a highly dangerous engagement that Isabel fears will end in disaster, even as Isabel herself considers embarking on an extreme adventure of her own...
From the Hardcover edition.
Product Information
Following a distinguished career as a Professor of Medical Law, Alexander McCall Smith has turned to writing full-time. He is the author of over sixty books on a wide array of subjects, and his books have been translated into thirty-seven languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Abacus
- : 0.172
- : 01 August 2010
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alexander McCall Smith
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 256