The Lost Art Of Gratitude

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Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people s problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment. Minty is not the only high-flier in Isabel s life; her niece Cat has just become engaged to a tightrope-walking stuntman. Isabel fears his next job - and the engagement - could end in disaster. Meanwhile, her own boyfriend Jamie has marriage in mind too...

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects. For many years he was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and served on national and international bioethics bodies. Then in 1999 he achieved global recognition for his award-winning No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and thereafter devoted his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the von Igelfeld series. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Elizabeth, a doctor. Previous Books: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth, Bertie Plays the Blues, A Conspiracy of Friends, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, The Cleverness of Ladies

Brimming with discreet charm * Mail on Sunday * Like [Barbara] Pym, McCall Smith believes that the small stuff in life matters * Scotsman *