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 on 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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A Conspiracy of Friends
eBook | 304 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Urban Life; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-36187-5 (0-307-36187-X)
June 12, 2012 | $29.95
eBook | 304 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Urban Life; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-36187-5 (0-307-36187-X)
June 12, 2012 | $29.95
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Urban Life; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-39964-9 (0-307-39964-8)
May 29, 2012 | $21.00
The heartwarming and hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved character: the Pimlico Terrier Freddie de la Hay.
In the elegantly crumbling four-storey mansion block in Pimlico called Corduroy Mansions, the comings and goings of the wonderfully motley crew of residents...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Urban Life; Fiction - Humorous
978-0-307-39964-9 (0-307-39964-8)
May 29, 2012 | $21.00
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The heartwarming and hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith's newest, already-beloved character: the Pimlico Terrier Freddie de la Hay.
In the elegantly crumbling four-storey mansion block in Pimlico called Corduroy Mansions, the comings and goings of the wonderfully motley crew of residents...
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-74389-3 (0-307-74389-6)
April 3, 2012 | $7.99
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-74389-3 (0-307-74389-6)
April 3, 2012 | $7.99
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
Hardcover | 80 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-94944-8 (0-307-94944-3)
April 3, 2012 | $15.99
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover | 80 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-94944-8 (0-307-94944-3)
April 3, 2012 | $15.99
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
eBook | pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-74390-9 (0-307-74390-X)
April 3, 2012 | $6.99
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
eBook | pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-74390-9 (0-307-74390-X)
April 3, 2012 | $6.99
The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
Hardcover | 80 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-94945-5 (0-307-94945-1)
April 3, 2012 | $16.99
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover | 80 pages | Anchor | Juvenile Fiction - People & Places - Africa; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-94945-5 (0-307-94945-1)
April 3, 2012 | $16.99
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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-36685-6 (0-307-36685-5)
April 3, 2012 | $29.95
In the latest endearing installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, our resourceful heroine, Precious Ramotswe, whose primary mission is to help people with the problems in their lives, has her hands full.
Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a disciplinary problem at a local school. Mysteries involving...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-36685-6 (0-307-36685-5)
April 3, 2012 | $29.95
In the latest endearing installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, our resourceful heroine, Precious Ramotswe, whose primary mission is to help people with the problems in their lives, has her hands full.
Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a disciplinary problem at a local school. Mysteries involving...
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Hardcover | 256 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-39828-4 (0-307-39828-5)
April 3, 2012 | $29.95
In the latest endearing installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, our resourceful heroine, Precious Ramotswe, whose primary mission is to help people with the problems in their lives, has her hands full.
Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a disciplinary problem at a local school. Mysteries involving...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover | 256 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-39828-4 (0-307-39828-5)
April 3, 2012 | $29.95
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In the latest endearing installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, our resourceful heroine, Precious Ramotswe, whose primary mission is to help people with the problems in their lives, has her hands full.
Precious Ramotswe is called in to tackle a disciplinary problem at a local school. Mysteries involving...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-39827-7 (0-307-39827-7)
March 6, 2012 | $19.95
The twelfth installment in the beloved, bestselling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
978-0-307-39827-7 (0-307-39827-7)
March 6, 2012 | $19.95
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The twelfth installment in the beloved, bestselling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on...
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7393-7831-1 (0-7393-7831-7)
January 3, 2012 | $24.00
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man,” and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7393-7831-1 (0-7393-7831-7)
January 3, 2012 | $24.00
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In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man,” and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-7393-7837-3 (0-7393-7837-6)
December 6, 2011 | $28.95
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Random House Large Print | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-7393-7837-3 (0-7393-7837-6)
December 6, 2011 | $28.95
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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 fiancé know who they are and where they come from. But not everybody is so fortunate. Jane Cooper, a visiting Australian philosopher on sabbatical in Edinburgh...
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39959-5 (0-307-39959-1)
December 6, 2011 | $29.95
The eighth delightful instalment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie.
As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiancé and their young son, and does not often...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39959-5 (0-307-39959-1)
December 6, 2011 | $29.95
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The eighth delightful instalment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie.
As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiancé and their young son, and does not often...
Also available as an
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
eBook | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39961-8 (0-307-39961-3)
December 6, 2011 | $29.95
The eighth delightful instalment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie.
As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiancé and their young son, and does not often...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
eBook | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39961-8 (0-307-39961-3)
December 6, 2011 | $29.95
The eighth delightful instalment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie.
As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiancé and their young son, and does not often...
Also available as a
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
The Charming Quirks of Others
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39957-1 (0-307-39957-5)
November 1, 2011 | $19.95
The seventh installment in the beloved chronicles of Isabel Dalhousie finds our inquisitive heroine facing new intellectual challenges, but buoyed by her recent engagement to the nearly perfect Jamie.
After having dinner with Jamie, Isabel is approached by a pair of old friends, asking her to help them in a rather tricky...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39957-1 (0-307-39957-5)
November 1, 2011 | $19.95
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The seventh installment in the beloved chronicles of Isabel Dalhousie finds our inquisitive heroine facing new intellectual challenges, but buoyed by her recent engagement to the nearly perfect Jamie.
After having dinner with Jamie, Isabel is approached by a pair of old friends, asking her to help them in a rather tricky...
The Perils of Morning Coffee
eBook | 56 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction - Contemporary Women
978-0-307-36184-4 (0-307-36184-5)
October 25, 2011 | $1.99
In this Isabel Dalhousie original short story, available exclusively in electronic format, our intrepid heroine - accused by a distraught wife of being the "other woman" - makes a surprising discovery as she attempts to defend her reputation.
Summer in Edinburgh is a season of delicate sunshine and showers, picnics with loved...
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
eBook | 56 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction - Contemporary Women
978-0-307-36184-4 (0-307-36184-5)
October 25, 2011 | $1.99
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In this Isabel Dalhousie original short story, available exclusively in electronic format, our intrepid heroine - accused by a distraught wife of being the "other woman" - makes a surprising discovery as she attempts to defend her reputation.
Summer in Edinburgh is a season of delicate sunshine and showers, picnics with loved...
