In this delightful new addition to alexander McCall Smith's bestselling detective series, the irrepressible Isable Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affairof the heart.
When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, she meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is 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?
That makes for some particularly tricky problems--both practical and philosophical--for Isabel to unravel in this enormously engaging and highly unusual mystery.
" Breezy and entertaining... Against the rich, sweeping back drop of Edinburgh... [McCall Smith] keeps readers guessing... It's the novel's subplots, however, that provide the real gems... [and] will leave readers shocked and laughing." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram--
"Eloquent musings... Warmhearted and wise." --The Seattle Times--
"Cozy... As always, McCall Smith offers a curiously a curiously seductive portrait of characters actively crafting 'well-ordered' lives." --Entertainments Weekly--