Chance Developments
Stories
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2016
Price: $26.00
From the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes this splendid collection. Inspired by vintage photographs, these five lyrical stories capture the surprising intersections of love and friendship that alter life's journeys.
A smiling girl leading a younger girl astride a pony, and a boy in a kilt...
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
A Detective Varg Novel (1)
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2019
Price: $27.00
In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division.
These are their stories.The first case: the small matter of a man stabbed in the back of...
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The Geometry of Holding Hands
An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (13)
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2020
Price: $29.00
Isabel finds herself entangled in some tricky familial and financial situations that will require all of her kindness, charm, and philosophical expertise to navigate. Just when Isabel and Jamie finally seem to have some time to connect and unwind, a wealthy Edinburgh resident reaches out to Isabel with an unusual request—he would...
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The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse
A Novel
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2018
Price: $28.00
From the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series comes a heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set amid the turmoil of World War II.
Val Eliot, a young woman working on an English farm during the war, meets Mike, a U.S. Air Force pilot stationed...
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The Man with the Silver Saab
A Detective Varg Novel (3)
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2021
Price: $27.00
Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases that Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test them to their limits.Life--and crime--is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. There are always surprising new cases to take on, and...
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My Italian Bulldozer
A Paul Stuart Novel (1)
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2017
Price: $28.00
The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series returns with an irresistible new novel about one man’s adventures in the Italian countryside.
Paul Stuart, a renowned food writer, finds himself at loose ends after his longtime girlfriend leaves him for her personal trainer. To cheer him up, Paul’s editor...
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $20.00
THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 1
Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom...
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Pianos and Flowers
Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 19, 2021
Price: $28.00
A delightful collection of stories and photographs from the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, imagining the lives and loves of everyday people in the twentieth centuryPictures capture moments in time, presenting the viewer with a window into another life. But a picture can go only so far...
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
A Paul Stuart Novel (2)
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2019
Price: $28.00
In this delightful sequel to the best-selling comedic novel My Italian Bulldozer, Paul Stuart's travels take him to a French village, where the local restaurant's haute cuisine leaves a lot to be desired.Renowned Scottish cookbook writer Paul Stuart is hard at work on his new book,
The Philosophy of Food, but...
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