Isabel Dalhousie Mysteries (Paperback): The Charming Quirks of Others (Paperback)

from delphimo

This is another in the Isabel Dalhousie series set in Scotland. In this episode, Isabel must investigate three candidates for principal in a local boy's school. I like Smith's style of exposing out private thoughts, even as we speak to individuals. Isabel is really a busybody, but justifies herse...

from AltheaAnn

Interesting. This was the first book I've read in this mystery series (it's the seventh). I really enjoyed the writing style - the protagonist is a philosophical ethicist, and the main point of the book is really to allow her to muse on whatever topic happens to cross her mind. Occasionally she c...

from mckait

I have read several of the books in this series and enjoyed them very much. I was enthusiastic when I was offered this to read through the Vine program. Once begun, though I have to say that finishing this book was something of a chore. I don't think it quite measured up to the others in the seri...

from bearette24

This is the latest entry in Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series. In it, Isabel is asked to investigate an anonymous letter and handle a rival for Jamie's affections. The book is peppered with McCall Smith's usual quiet insights and revelatory moments. I thought the novel was excellen...

from NewsieQ

The Isabel Dalhousie novels have overtaken the Number One Ladies' Detective Agencies stories as my favorite series by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel is a wonderful heroine, a woman of studied kindness who finds it difficult to say know when asked to "help." In The Charming Quirks of Others, Isabe...