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The Blurb On The Back:
Behind Edinburgh’s regimented Georgian facades, its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty, lust and murderous intent. Isabel Dalhousie knows this. Isabel, in fact, rather relishes it. An accomplished philosopher and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, she knows all about the difference between good and bad. Which is probably why, by instinct, she is an amateur sleuth. And instinct tells her the man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes after a concert in the Usher Hall didn’t fall. He was pushed …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
A gentle read that I feel could have benefited from a more realistic protagonist. To continue reading the series, I’d need to see more involving plots and on this offering, I’m not sure that McCall Smith is interested in going down that route (which is fair enough). Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon but it’s old fashioned values will not necessarily appeal to a younger audience.
Behind Edinburgh’s regimented Georgian facades, its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty, lust and murderous intent. Isabel Dalhousie knows this. Isabel, in fact, rather relishes it. An accomplished philosopher and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, she knows all about the difference between good and bad. Which is probably why, by instinct, she is an amateur sleuth. And instinct tells her the man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes after a concert in the Usher Hall didn’t fall. He was pushed …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
A gentle read that I feel could have benefited from a more realistic protagonist. To continue reading the series, I’d need to see more involving plots and on this offering, I’m not sure that McCall Smith is interested in going down that route (which is fair enough). Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon but it’s old fashioned values will not necessarily appeal to a younger audience.
