The Geometry of Holding Hands: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (13) (Isabel Dalhousie Series #13) (Paperback): The Quiet Side of Passion: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (12) (Isabel Dalhousie Series #12) (Paperback):
The Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel Dalhousie Series #10) (Paperback):Ī Distant View of Everything: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (11) (Isabel Dalhousie Series #11) (Hardcover): The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie Series #9) (Paperback):
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (Isabel Dalhousie Series #8) (Paperback): The Charming Quirks of Others (Isabel Dalhousie Series #7) (Paperback): The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie Series #6) (Paperback): The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (Isabel Dalhousie Series #5) (Paperback): The Careful Use of Compliments (Isabel Dalhousie Series #4) (Paperback): The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie Series #3) (Paperback): The Sunday Philosophy Club (Isabel Dalhousie Series #1) (Paperback): The influence of the Scottish national poet Robert Burns has been deep in her life and in her culture, and thus she feels bound to her fellows: “a man’s a man, for a’ that.This is book number 2 in the Isabel Dalhousie Series series. Isabel feels an ethical obligation to help him figure it out. Ian has just had a heart transplant, and is suffering consequences that are perhaps mysterious, perhaps psychological. Here we are dealing with matters of the heart: Isabel’s, her niece Cat’s, Cat’s ex-boyfriend Jamie’s, her housekeeper Grace’s, and Isabel’s new friend Ian’s. The “mystery” occupying Isabel isn’t much of one I think of this book more as a way to spend a diverting day or two with lovely Scottish friends, rather than a nail-biting book you rocket through to solve the crime. Smith is a very pleasing writer, and Isabel is an entertaining companion. As this late-thirties-early-forties-ish attractive woman roams the streets of Edinburgh, we are privy to many of her thoughts and observations. But one can picture Isabel Dalhousie, the main protagonist, pondering: “Well, but would it be unethical to use the title again if it were apt?” Isabel, editor of the “Review of Applied Ethics,” ponders everything. The title of this book might just as well have been “The Heart of the Matter,” but unfortunately that one was taken.
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