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deliabarryThe Sunday Philosophy Club
By Alexander McCall Smith
I am a big fan of Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, so when I saw this in B&N, I decided to give it a try. Independently wealthy Isabel Dalhousie of Edinburgh only works part time as the editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics, and she has plenty of time to investigate anything that catches her fancy. So when a young man falls to his death from the upper balcony ("the gods", which cracked me up) in the hall where she was attending a concert, she looks into it.
Isabel has the requisite group of friends and relatives who complicate her life and sometimes, aid her investigation. The mystery part of the story moves fast, and the solution to the problem came as a surprise to me, probably because it's an unusual one and isn't found in every other book on the shelf. Isabel's training as an ethicist and work as a journal editor are skillfully interwoven into the narrative in a manner that reminded me of Amanda Cross' Kate Fansler mysteries.
There's nothing particularly deep or meaningful in this book, but it was a fun, quick read. I'm looking forward to reading the other books in the series.
By Alexander McCall Smith
I am a big fan of Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, so when I saw this in B&N, I decided to give it a try. Independently wealthy Isabel Dalhousie of Edinburgh only works part time as the editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics, and she has plenty of time to investigate anything that catches her fancy. So when a young man falls to his death from the upper balcony ("the gods", which cracked me up) in the hall where she was attending a concert, she looks into it.
Isabel has the requisite group of friends and relatives who complicate her life and sometimes, aid her investigation. The mystery part of the story moves fast, and the solution to the problem came as a surprise to me, probably because it's an unusual one and isn't found in every other book on the shelf. Isabel's training as an ethicist and work as a journal editor are skillfully interwoven into the narrative in a manner that reminded me of Amanda Cross' Kate Fansler mysteries.
There's nothing particularly deep or meaningful in this book, but it was a fun, quick read. I'm looking forward to reading the other books in the series.
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