Review: If you enjoy Isabel Dalhousie, don't skip this one
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2011
I am a self-confessed Alexander McCall Smith fan. I especially like his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, though I began reading him with his Isabel Dalhousie series.If you've not read any of the Dalhousie novels before, you may be slightly at sea with the main characters, since this is a short story or novelette, and we don't get much, if any, introduction to them. For readers of the series, however, they will feel familiar, and opening this little book will be like stepping into an old friend's kitchen for a cup of tea.Isabel once again mulls and ponders, particularly about the peculiarities of behaving ethically in one's every day life. She probably over-thinks things, but I have to admit that although this is a trait of Isabel's that I don't always like in the books, it's one that I share -- or that I try very hard to tamp down!The little bit of mystery here is intriguing, and once again, we see that Isabel, although the conclusions she draws are perfectly logical, is off-base.I really enjoyed this little Kindle short by one of my favorite authors, and if you're a fan of the Sunday Philosophy Club books, I think you probably will, too.