The conditions of unconditional love

The conditions of unconditional love

Alexander McCall Smith, 1948-

Book - 2024

"In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, Isabel finds herself navigating tricky problems both public and personal "McCall Smith's assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound ... [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless."--San Francisco Chronicle Isabel Dalhousie, everyone's favorite moral philosopher, is once again called on to help navigate a decidedly delicate dispute with all of the insight and compassion she has become known for. What makes Isabel's investigations so unique is her uncanny ability to view all sides of a situation with coolness and reserve - and she will tap deep into her stores of both in order to help see this one through. Meanwhile, Isabel ...and her husband Jamie will together be dealing with tricky personal issues of their own. Philosophical observations and humorous asides abound in this fifteenth installment of the beloved series"--

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Subjects
Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women philosophers > Fiction.
Private investigators > Fiction.
Musicians > Fiction.
Nurses > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Ethical problems > Fiction.
College teachers > Fiction.
Congresses and conventions > Fiction.
Suspicion > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Domestic fiction
Novels
Published
New York : Pantheon Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Alexander McCall Smith, 1948- (author)
Edition
First American edition
Physical Description
244 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9780593701720
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Review by Booklist Review

The Isabel Dalhousie novels, starring a woman who edits a philosophy journal and lives an idyllic life in Edinburgh with her handsome bassoonist husband and two sons, are billed as mysteries. However, as the series has gone on, the novels have strayed far from the mystery convention of having a central crime solved by an amateur sleuth. Now, Isabel cogitates more on sensitive issues rather than murder. In this, the fifteenth installment in the series, the main issues are whether to report a philosophy professor's fraudulent use of grant money for a conference; whether to ask an unsociable house tenant to leave; and how to defuse the tensions in a book club. A great deal of space is given to Isabel's thoughts and to the characters' long, digressive conversations. Not much is made of the Edinburgh setting. Some readers may be impatient with this, but others will love the extreme coziness, worldly wisdom, and humor of these books.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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