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The Lost Art Of Gratitude

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2nd August 2012

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349120546

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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 . . .

Reviews

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