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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.

A Distant View of Everything
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
The Lost Art of Gratitude
The Careful Use of Compliments
Das Herz des fremden Toten
The Quiet Side of Passion

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    THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB.

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    ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 1 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction’s most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life’s questions, large and small. In this first installment, Isabel is attending a concert in the Usher Hall when she witnesses a man fall from the upper balcony. Isabel can’t help wondering whether it was the result of mischance or mischief. Against the best advice of her no-nonsense housekeeper Grace, her bassoon playing friend Jamie, and even her romantically challenged niece Cat, she is morally bound to solve this case. Complete with wonderful Edinburgh atmosphere and characters straight out of a Robert Burns poem, The Sunday Philosophy Club is a delightful treat from one of our most beloved authors.

    THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB.
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    In Edinburgh ist Mord verboten.

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    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.

    In Edinburgh ist Mord verboten.
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    Das Herz des fremden Toten

    • 283 Seiten
    • 10 Lesestunden
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    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.

    Das Herz des fremden Toten
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    Schottische Katzen kennen den Weg

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    Isabel Dalhousie weiß einiges über Sehnsüchte zu erzählen. Doch anstatt ihr eigenes Glück zu suchen, fühlt sich die Philosophin dem ihrer Mitmenschen verpflichtet. In einer Stadt wie Edinburgh scheint es den Katzen vorbehalten zu sein, moralische Zwickmühlen und emotionales Chaos zu vermeiden. Isabel gelingt das nicht, und so hat sie sich schnell in einem Wollknäuel widerstreitender Gefühle verheddert.

    Schottische Katzen kennen den Weg
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    The Careful Use of Compliments

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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.

    The Careful Use of Compliments
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    The Lost Art of Gratitude

    • 256 Seiten
    • 9 Lesestunden
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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 . . .

    The Lost Art of Gratitude
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    The Charming Quirks of Others

    • 246 Seiten
    • 9 Lesestunden
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    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 . . .

    The Charming Quirks of Others
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    The forgotten affairs of youth

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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.

    The forgotten affairs of youth
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    The Novel Habits of Happiness

    • 256 Seiten
    • 9 Lesestunden
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    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.

    The Novel Habits of Happiness
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