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Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice, è ormai soprattutto una mamma premurosa, attenta alle esigenze del suo piccolo Charlie. Ma da inguaribile «intromettitrice» continua ad avere la tendenza a occuparsi degli affari altrui, naturalmente a fin di bene. L’etica, per lei, non è per niente astratta, anzi, è parte della vita di tutti i giorni: dovrebbe dare il suo parere spassionato sull’esecuzione di un brano musicale che ha detestato? Dovrebbe pubblicare sulla rivista che dirige lo studio filosofico di un ex collega, anche se inadeguato da ogni punto di vista? Dovrebbe prestare dei soldi a un ragazzo che rimane vago sul motivo per cui ne ha bisogno? E poi c’è la nipote Cat, da aiutare con la gestione della gastronomia e del sempre più eccentrico Eddie, il commesso, e una crisi di coppia passeggera con Jamie, il suo giovane compagno, che la trascura per nuove amicizie. In mezzo a tutte queste preoccupazioni quotidiane, il suo spirito da detective non viene comunque meno: così, quando in maniera fortuita, durante una conversazione, viene a conoscenza della vicenda di un medico la cui carriera sta per essere rovinata, forse ingiustamente, Isabel non riesce a tirarsi indietro e comincia a indagare, muovendosi con tatto e determinazione finché il caso, a suo modo, non verrà chiarito.
- ISBN: 8850229402
- Casa Editrice: TEA
- Pagine: 248
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I've finally figured out why I keep reading this series, even though 1) the protagonist isn't a terribly good mystery-solver, and 2) nothing ever happens. It's because Isabel Dalhousie is the anti-Sherlock. She's an imperfect--indeed, often befuddled and just plain wrong--reader of people, clues, and Leggi tutto
Picked up my copy and planned to dive right in. Well, I got sidetracked by another book (imagine!) but once I did get back to Isabel and Co., I was in for good. Definitely a great addition to the series, and it's always wonderful to drop in on Isabel Dalhousie, Grace, Brother Fox and the rest the Ed Leggi tutto
I discovered that I had missed reading this book which is the fifth book in the Isabel Dalhousie’s Philosophy Club Series. I love the meandering of Isabel Dalhousie’s mind. This book has the familiar activities of Isabel. She is helping Cat in the Deli for a week, while Cat is away on holiday. She i Leggi tutto
Alexander McCall Smith wrote one of the most entertaining short stories I've ever read in "Heavenly Date and other Flirtations." And I love the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books--they have a charm, innocence, and solid "placiness" that are hard to resist. This series is far less charming, in my vi Leggi tutto
3.5 stars. This is a series you read if you enjoy the characters, the Scottish setting and the philosophical backdrop. You don't really read this for the storyline as much. The audiobooks are all well done and the series is good, but not great. I really like this series for when I wake up at 3am and Leggi tutto
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday By Alexander McCall Smith This is the first book I have read by this author, and I picked it up because I had read a positive review of it recently. In this story, Isabel Dalhousie, the owner and editor of a literary journal, who lives in Edinburgh, is asked to help cl Leggi tutto
Finishing these books are as easy as sipping a cup of tea.
Isabel is a well-heeled, genteel Scots woman living in Edinborough, enjoying the upper levels of society and editing a scholarly journal on matters to do with ethics. She's a philosopher by training and so much of the story line deals with philosophical questions concerning such issues as the role g Leggi tutto
Chance and a back-yard denizen, brother fox, are the leitmotifs of a muddy Saturday. McCall's charming nosy parker, sleuth, and all-around moral philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, editor and now owner of the Review of Applied Ethics, takes us on a charming and thought-provoking turn around the ethical li Leggi tutto
I'm afraid I've gone off this series and I feel a little sad about it, as I might feel after discovering my life has diverged from that of a once close friend. Smith's protagonist is a thoughtful, kind, and well-meaning woman and I have nothing bad to say about her, but with her seemingly unlimited
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