Friday, July 15, 2022

Beginning ~ with a man in a tweed overcoat

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (Isabel Dalhousie Mystery, Book 2) ~ by Alexander McCall Smith, 2005, mystery (Scotland), 272 pages
Beginning ===> The man in the brown Harris tweed overcoat  double-breasted with three small leather-covered buttons on the cuffs made his way slowly along the street that led down the spine of Edinburgh.  He was aware of the seagulls which had drifted in from the shore and which were swooping down onto the cobblestones, picking up fragments dropped by somebody who had been careless with a fish.
The irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.  When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem.  He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunted by memories of events that never happened to him.  The situation piques her insatiable curiosity:  Could the memories be connected with the donor’s demise?  Naturally, Isabel’s friend Jamie thinks it is none of Isabel’s business.

Meanwhile, Grace, Isabel’s housekeeper, has become infatuated with a man at her spiritualist meeting, and Cat brings home an Italian lothario.  That makes for some particularly tricky problems  both practical and philosophical for Isabel to unravel in this enormously engaging and highly unusual mystery.

5 comments:

Sarita said...

Hope you enjoy it!

Mark Baker said...

That's a very description opening that paints a mood.

Juli Rahel said...

That sounds like an amazing plot, being haunted by memories of the heart you just received! I do also love a mystery set in Scotland that nonetheless features friends, lovers, and chocolate! I hope you enjoy this one and that you have a lovely weekend :)
Juli @ A Universe in Words

Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Pen said...

That sounds interesting. I'd pick it up and read it!

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Anne@HeadFullofBooks said...

I love Alexander McCall Smith's books. I've read this one but don't remember much about it. Anne's book quotes