Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Friends, Lovers, ChocolateISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 2Nothing

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 delightful second

installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series,

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.