

<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 7</span></b></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">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. Isabel
has been asked for her help in a rather tricky situation: A successor is being
sought for the headmaster at a local boys^ school. The board has three final
candidates but has received an anonymous letter alleging that one of them has a
very serious skeleton in the closet. Could Isabel discreetly look into it? And
so she does. What she discovers about all the candidates is surprising, but
what she discovers about herself and about Jamie, the father of her young son,
turns out to be equally revealing. Isabel^s investigation will have her
exploring issues of ambition, as well as of charity, forgiveness, and humility,
as she moves nearer and nearer to some of the most hidden precincts of the
heart. Here is Isabel Dalhousie at her beguiling best: intelligent, insightful,
and with a unique understanding of the quirks of human nature.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span></span></p>

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mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">About the Author</span></b></p>

<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">Alexander McCall Smith </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">was born on 24th August 1948 in Zimbabwe. He
has published more than fifty books, the best being The No. 1 Ladies Detective
Agency series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, 44 Scotland Street, Portuguese
Irregular Verbs, and Corduroy Mansions, which have gained a huge name in many
continents around the world. In 2004, he was awarded the British Book Award’s
Author of the Year and Booksellers Association Author of the Year. In 2009, he
donated his story Still Life to Oxfam’s “Ox-Tales” project, which is an
amalgamation of stories by 38 authors. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife.</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span></strong></p>

