The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series returns with an irresistible new novel about one man's adventures in the Italian countryside.Paul Stuart, a renowned food writer, finds himself at loose ends after h...

Despite inhabiting a great city renowned for its impeccable restraint, the extended family of 44 Scotland Street is trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence. Matthew and Elspeth receive startling - and expensive - news on a ...

When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel Dalhousie to Tom Bruce--a bigwig at home in Texas--several confounding situations unfurl at once. Isabel is certain of the ethical basis for a little sleuthing now and ...

Amanda and her daughter Clover live in a close-knit community of expats on Grand Cayman Island, an idyllic place to all appearances. But the comfortable island life can become stifling in hard times. As Clover falls for her first love...

In this sixth novel in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe is busier than usual at the agency, when an unidentified intruder in her house on Zebra Road and the sudden appearance of a mysterious pumpkin add to ...

The eighth installment in the universally beloved, internationally bestselling series.In the life of Mma Ramotswe – a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build – there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round ...

For Mma Ramotswe, there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round of adventures, the same certainly holds true. One thing above all else is keeping her occupied--her estimable husband has been hinting that he intends to do some...

The sequel to 44 Scotland Street continues its study of the lives of the denizens of the converted Edinburgh townhouse, as young Bertie prepares for his first day of kindergarten, former surveyor Bruce contemplates a new career as a w...

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwi...

A Message from Author Alexander McCall Smith Three great places to visit in Scotland: The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh This gallery, housed in an extraordinary red sandstone building topped with spikes and twirls...

Our beloved cast of characters are back, as are the joys and trials of life at 44 Scotland Street in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s delightfully charming series.   Bertie’s mother, Irene, returns from the Mid...

In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, our inquisitive heroine helps a new friend discover the identity of her father.Isabel and her fiance know who they are and where they come from. But not everybody is s...

As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, four strangers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he turned a friendship with a coworker into a romance by spotti...

Journeying from Portugal, to Australia, to southern Africa and other exotic settings, this irrepressible collection of short fiction by the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency explores a wide range of romantic encounters, in ...

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associa...

Alexander McCall Smith's wildly popular 44 Scotland Street series chronicles life in a corner of Edinburgh brimming with wit and humor.Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble ...

The eighth installment in Alexander McCall Smith's popular 44 Scotland Street series.      Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the century of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on their honeymoon...

The heartwarming and hilarious new installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest beloved character: the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay. In the elegantly crumbling ma...

Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of the highly regarded Portuguese Irregular Verbs (200 LTD copies sold!) and a pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg, finds that life ...

The latest, delectably witty installment of Alexander McCall Smith\'s sumptuous 44 Scotland Street series.\r\n\r\nFor the residents of 44 Scotland Street, life in Edinburgh\'s intriguing New Town is a thing to be relished. After all, ...

Hot on the heels of the 'No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' comes this new series filled with the same wit and charm. In this second novel in The Sunday Philosophy Club, Isabel Dalhousie's niece is invited to a wedding in Italy. This mean...

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 7The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring seven-year-old Bertie, a remarkably p...

In these two warm, engaging, and intelligently observed novellas, Alexander McCall Smith's sharp-eyed heroine Isabel Dalhousie is reminded to avoid jumping to hasty conclusions about the lives of others and to value friendship whereve...

Harriet Bean loves nothing more than a good mystery. And together with her five extraordinary aunts (Veronica, Harmonica, Majolica, and twins Japonica and Thessalonika), she is always ready to take on a new case.Harriet doesn't think ...

In her second outing (following THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY), Precious Ramotswe tries to help a women whose son disappeared into the plains years earlier, while also dealing with a number of changes at the agency and in her per...

Sleuth Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of a Botswana detective agency, and her assistant, Mma Makutsi, investigate two very different cases--the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important government official and the moral characte...

Overwhelmed by work at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe is further challenged by a strange intruder at her home, the appearance in her yard of a mysterious pumpkin, troubles at her husband's motorworks, and a visi...

From universally beloved author Alexander McCall Smith, comes this seventh installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series featuring Botswana’s best-loved detective. Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as sh...

THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall Smith's second book, takes us further into t...

THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT.A beguiling mystery and lyrical novel of Africa -- the fourth in a series that the L.A. ...