Isabels philosophische Betrachtungen ganz alltäglicher Todesfälle Alexander McCall Smith hat seinen Kant gelesen - und dennoch seinen britischen Humor nicht verloren, wie dieser geistreiche und höchst amüsante Roman beweist.
Isabel Dalhousie Reihe
Diese Serie begleitet eine neugierige und philosophisch denkende Frau, die sich im malerischen Edinburgh inmitten von Mysterien wiederfindet. Jeder Fall zwingt sie, tiefer über Ethik und die menschliche Natur nachzudenken. Mit Hilfe ihrer klugen Nichte und ihrer lebhaften Haushälterin löst sie komplexe Mordfälle, wobei ihre eigenen romantischen Verstrickungen oft für zusätzliche Spannung sorgen. Es ist eine charmante Mischung aus gemütlichem Krimi, intellektuellen Überlegungen und einem Porträt des Lebens in Schottlands Hauptstadt.
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Das Herz des fremden Toten
- 283 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
Hobby-Detektivin Isabel Dalhousie lernt einen Psychologen kennen, der ein ungewöhnliches Problem hat: Seit man ihm ein neues Herz transplantiert hat, leidet er an Visionen von einem Mann, den er nicht kennt. Miss Isabel spürt instinktiv, dass dieser Unbekannte den Tod des Organspenders verschuldet hat, und beginnt auf eigene Faust nachzuforschen.
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Wohlhabend, attraktiv, liebenswert - und dennoch einsam: Isabel Dalhouise weiß einiges über Sehnsüchte zu erzählen. Doch anstatt ihr eigenes Glück zu suchen, fühlt sich die Philosophin dem ihrer Mitmenschen verpflichtet. Isabel, 41, Erbin eines großen Vermögens, das sie durch anonyme Spenden laufend verkleinert und in ihr Werk - die 'Zeitschrift für angewandte Ethik' - einbringt, ist nicht etwa neugierig. Vielmehr leitet sie aus jeder Begegnung mit anderen, und sei sie noch so flüchtig, eine gewisse moralische Bindung ab. Als sie bei einer Vernissage in Edinburgh auf ein ungewöhnliches Paar aus den Vereinigten Staaten trifft, spürt sie eine seltsam bedrohliche Spannung zwischen den beiden Besuchern. Sie beschließt, das Geheimnis zu lüften, das zwischen den Eheleuten zu schweben scheint. Und die Liebe gibt ihr noch mehr Rätsel auf. Warum sieht ihre engste Vertraute und Nichte Cat nicht, dass ihr neuer Verehrer sie enttäuschen wird? Und wie soll sie ihrem vierzehn Jahre jüngeren Weggefährten Hugo ihre Liebe gestehen, ohne die Freundschaft aufs Spiel zu setzen? In einer Stadt wie Edinburgh scheint es den Katzen vorbehalten zu sein, moralische Zwickmühlen und emotionales Chaos zu vermeiden. Denn sie kümmern sich nur um ihr eigenes Leben. Das dürfte Isabel nie gelingen.
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For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And with the arrival of baby Charlie, not to mention a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, fourteen years her junior, Isabel enters deeper and rougher waters. Late motherhood is not the only challenge facing Isabel. Even as she negotiates a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura. Perhaps most seriously of all, Isabel's professional existence and that of her beloved Review come under attack from the machiavellian and suspiciously handsome Professor Dove. A master storyteller whether debating ethics in Edinburgh or pursuing lady detectives in Africa, here Alexander McCall Smith is as witty and wise as his irresistibly spirited heroine.
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* More delightful philosophical musings from Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh-based philosopher and amateur sleuth
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Isabel Dalhousie Novel - 6: The Lost Art of Gratitude
- 262 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
The sixth book in this bestselling series gives us Isabel, intrigue — both moral and financial — a fox bite, two engagements and at least one wedding! While attending a second birthday party with her son, Charlie, Isabel meets Minty Auchterlonie, a ruthlessly ambitious high-flying financier who first appeared in The Sunday Philosophy Club . Minty heads a small investment bank and may or may not be deceiving her shareholders. Isabel faces a dilemma: she has information which could prevent the investors from being cheated — but how can she be sure of it? Meanwhile, Isabel’s niece, Cat, becomes engaged to a stunt man who is also a funambulist. However, the fiancé is about to take up a highly dangerous engagement that Isabel fears will end in disaster, even as Isabel herself considers embarking on an extreme adventure of her own… From the Hardcover edition.
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The Charming Quirks of Others
- 246 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer of the behaviour of her fellow man, is approached by a friend at a local boarding school that is planning to appoint a new headmaster; an anonymous letter has arrived suggesting that one of the shortlisted candidates has a compromising past. But which one is it? Isabel is once again drawn into an investigation, and finds herself exploring dilemmas of human weakness and forgiveness. She turns to her fiancé Jamie for advice, but he too appears to have something to hide . . .
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The eighth delightful installment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie. As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiance and their young son, and does not often meet many fellow philosophers. But while helping in the delicatessen owned by her niece, Cat, she meets Jane Cooper, an Australian philosopher who is spending a sabbatical in Scotland. Isabel learns that Jane needs to find out something about her past. Jane was born in Scotland but taken to Australia as a baby by her adoptive parents. She knows who her mother is, but her father's identity is still a mystery. Can Isabel help Jane unconver this important and potentially unsettling information? And in Isabel's own life, there is the ever-present question of marriage, and also the perennially difficult issue of her relationship with Cat, whose choice of men is as dubious as ever.
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An unexpected appeal for help from a collector who has been the victim of an art theft threatens to take Isabel Dalhousie far outside her comfort zone.
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The Novel Habits of Happiness
- 256 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland which he couldn't possibly know, and a house there, where he claims to have spent his former life. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate his claims, she feels she must help them learn the truth, and she and her husband, Jamie, set off for the island. But finding the house the boy described only leads to more complicated questions.
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A Distant View of Everything
- 240 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Like [Barbara] Pym, McCall Smith believes that the small stuff in life matters Scotsman
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The latest novel in Alexander McCall Smith's much-loved Isabel Dalhousie series, which have sold over 1.7m copies
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The thirteenth novel in Alexander McCall Smith's much-loved Isabel Dalhousie series.
