Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the beloved, bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is also the author of numerous children’s books. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit his website at www.alexandermccallsmith.com.
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eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-36686-3 (0-307-36686-3)
November 5, 2013 | $15.99
In the latest book in the beloved, bestselling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including mistakenly using face creams that burn the skin...
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-39830-7 (0-307-39830-7)
November 5, 2013 | $30.00
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In the latest book in the beloved, bestselling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including mistakenly using face creams that burn the skin...
Hardcover | 112 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-345-80458-7 (0-345-80458-9)
October 22, 2013 | $14.99
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Trade Paperback | 112 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-345-80446-4 (0-345-80446-5)
October 22, 2013 | $7.99
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Hardcover Library Binding | 112 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-345-80616-1 (0-345-80616-6)
October 22, 2013 | $15.95
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Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-385-36383-9 (0-385-36383-4)
October 22, 2013 | $8.50
eBook | 96 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-345-80447-1 (0-345-80447-3)
October 22, 2013 | $7.99
Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
978-0-385-36382-2 (0-385-36382-6)
October 22, 2013 | $17.00
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Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction - Contemporary Women
978-0-307-36189-9 (0-307-36189-6)
July 2, 2013 | $19.95
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The ninth entry in the ever-delightful Isabel Dalhousie series
Isabel, Jamie and Charlie are off to Highland Perthshire to visit an old schoolfriend of Isabel's, who married into a family of wealthy newspaper owners. The weekend is a success apart from one thing: Charlie witnesses a fox being shot by the estate...
Hardcover | 256 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Romance - Contemporary; Fiction - Literary
978-0-345-80777-9 (0-345-80777-4)
June 11, 2013 | $29.95
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A wonderful new stand-alone novel from the internationally beloved and bestselling Alexander McCall Smith: a story that explores the nature of love--and trains--through a series of intertwined romantic tales.
The rocking of the train car, the sound of its wheels on the rails...there's something special about this form of travel that makes...
eBook | 224 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Romance - Contemporary; Fiction - Literary
978-0-345-80778-6 (0-345-80778-2)
June 11, 2013 | $12.99
A wonderful new stand-alone novel from the internationally beloved and bestselling Alexander McCall Smith: a story that explores the nature of love--and trains--through a series of intertwined romantic tales.
The rocking of the train car, the sound of its wheels on the rails...there's something special about this form of travel that makes...
Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Romance - Contemporary; Fiction - Literary
978-0-8041-2095-1 (0-8041-2095-1)
June 11, 2013 | $25.00
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The rocking motion of the train as it speeds along, the sound of its wheels on the rails . . . There’s something special about this form of travel that makes for easy conversation, which is just what happens to the four strangers who meet in Trains and Lovers.
As they...
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Urban Life; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-36186-8 (0-307-36186-1)
May 7, 2013 | $21.00
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It seems the universe is conspiring against the residents of Corduroy Mansions, as everyone finds themselves struggling with their nearest and dearest. Oedipus Snark is a Member of Parliament so loathsome even his mother can't abide him. As a matter of fact, Berthea Snark is still working on her scathing biography...
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-39829-1 (0-307-39829-3)
March 5, 2013 | $19.95
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Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a disciplinary problem at a local school. Mysteries involving children are always rather difficult, and in this case, making this more complicated is the fact that it's her adopted daughter's school. Meanwhile, her trusted assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss...
eBook | 240 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Satire
978-0-307-37400-4 (0-307-37400-9)
January 1, 2013 | $12.99
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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 is very difficult these days. His academic rival (and owner of a one-legged dachsund)...
