The Lost Art of Gratitude Alexander McCall Smith (Associate Editor)

The Lost Art of Gratitude

Author: Alexander McCall Smith (Associate Editor)

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date: 22 September, 2009

ISBN: 9780375425141

Pages: 272

Subjects: Mystery

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-0-375-42514-1 Trade Paper, 978-0-7393-2863-7 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4416-2041-5

Description:

Isabel and her son, Charlie, attend a birthday party, where she finds Minty Auchterlonie, the high-flying financier from "The Sunday Philosophy Club." When Minty confides to Isabel about the troubles at the investment bank she heads, Isabel wonders if Minty can be trusted.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-08-17

Smith's quietly triumphant sixth novel to feature Scottish philosopher Isabel Dalhousie (after 2008's The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday) shows that Isabel and the author's other, better-known female sleuth-Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series-are sisters under the skin, despite obvious differences. Minty Auchterlonie, who once alerted Isabel to some insider trading, fears someone is out to get her. The tax authorities have suddenly investigated Minty, and an unknown party has sent her a funeral wreath. When Isabel looks into these provocative acts, she draws on lessons learned from the journal she edits, the Review of Applied Ethics, to arrive at the complex truth behind them. Meanwhile, the father of Isabel's young son proposes marriage, and a defeated academic rival accuses her of knowingly publishing plagiarism. Smith's trademark humor and telling observations about people heighten the appeal. (Sept. 22) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved